Re: LLM Commit in upstream `master`?!

Folks, it is possible that the author, now cc'd on this thread and who is a
key contributor of hand-written code to Emacs, merely used Claude to
automate the git work and nothing more so the mere mention of the word
Claude may have no implication for the sanctity of the Emacs code base.

I recommend reserving further speculation and commentary until Yuan
explains.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 9:47 AM Thanos Apollo <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Arsen Arsenović <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Thanos Apollo <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> >> Is it ok to stop the luddite paranoia with LLMs now?
> >
> > The Luddites were right.
>
> They were so right that 'Luddite' became synonymous with clear-sighted
> technological foresight.
>
> > That said, the Luddites concerns do not apply to LLMs, so this kind of
> > comparison is not really applicable.
> >
> > The concern with LLMs is about the legal status of their output, and
> > this concern is not yet resolved to my awareness.
>
> And yet an Emacs contributor has just pushed a commit co-authored by
> Claude.  I suppose the next step is to screen-record every contributor,
> lest someone use one of these tools without properly confessing it.
>
> --
> Thanos Apollo ☧
> https://thanosapollo.org
>