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

submitted 5 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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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

I literally did an interview that went like this:

Applicant used copilot to generate nontrivial amounts of the code
Copilot generated the wrong code for a key part of the algorithm; applicant didn't notice
We pointed it out, they fixed it
They had to refactor the code a bit, and ended up making the same exact mistake again
We pointed out the error again...

And that's in an interview, where you should be extra careful to make a good impression...

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