Re: AI-generated contributions

> I think the resentment against LLMs is not just a dogmatic aversion of 
> the community against hearing about new tools. Instead, as you can see, 
> LLMs are quite likely to hallucinate at this point in time, especially 
> about niche topics such as Squeak/Smalltalk. Would it be too much to ask 
> to at least try out all AI-generated code snippets yourself before 
> sharing them in public?

+1

> One should only post such content if one can stand behind it and take 
> responsibility for it under one's own name. To me it's highly 
> understandable if people don't want to review AI slop contributions that 
> do not meet this criterion. There's more important work to be done than 
> fixing the errors of a stochastic parrot that will not learn from your 
> corrections. That's a crucial difference from reviewing human 
> contributions, which have the important side effect of training other 
> people on the system and the intentions behind it, as well as bonding 
> with other human beings in the community.

+1

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Thanks for this beautiful, and deeply meaningful, post.

Stef
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