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NetBSD bans all commits of AI-generated code (mastodon.sdf.org)

submitted 6 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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New development policy: code generated by a large language model or similar technology (e.g. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot) is presumed to be tainted (i.e. of unclear copyright, not fitting NetBSD's licensing goals) and cannot be committed to NetBSD.

https://www.NetBSD.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

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[–] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 92 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Ok but how is anyone meant to know if you generated your docstrings using copilot?

[–] ceasarlegsvin@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

Because they'll be shit?

Docstrings based on the method signature and literal contents of a method or class are completely pointless, and that's all copilot can do. It can't Intuit anything that docstrings are actually there for.

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