David Pinkerton32d agoI offended an open source maintainer with an @-mention on my PR. I got a stern response but his points were valid.
I got thinking on how AI tools are creating a new "Eternal September" for open source with more contributions, but more noise for volunteer maintainers who are already stretched thin.
What if AI could help their side too? Triage, first-pass review, quality gates, etc to protect volunteer time instead of just consuming it. A few already discussing this and putting it into practice.
My reflections: https://blog.dpinkerton.com/posts/eternal-september-open-…
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Zsubmariner32d agoI am skeptical of this. Look what it did for recruiting. AI reading AI generated application squeezed all the real information out of the channel. It's a form of model collapse. Even without AI, look at dating apps. There's not bandwidth between humans like human interaction. There never will be
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David Pinkerton32d agoI agree with you on that. Genuine person-to-person interactions are rich and worth cherishing.
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