Re: GR -- Allow AI-Assisted Contributions

On 19/02/26 at 09:40 +0000, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Hello Lucas,
> 
> Thanks.  I agree with Russ about saying "LLM" not "AI".
> 
> I think it would be good if the initial proposal distinguishes between
> uses of LLMs.  It could mention: code search/analysis; code review;
> generating prototypes; fancy search-and-replace refactorings; generating
> production code.
> 
> I can envisage further ballot options which would allow some but not all
> of these, and it would be better if the distinction between them were
> already present in the initial proposal.

Could you elaborate on how you would use such distinction in ballot
options?  I think that the core issue is the fact that tools generate
content that is then integrated into Debian. I don't really see how it
could be useful to distinguish between uses of such tools as long as
they are used to generate code.

Also, in terms of terminology, I find talking about "AI" slightly better
because it encompasses the whole ecosystem: trained model, inference
provider, agent (client-side tool that interacts with the codebase).

Lucas