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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: More Lazy(?) Programmers Are Seduced By AI
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On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:41:05 +0100
Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

> > Another FOSS package is now infiltrated by AI code. 
> > 
> > I would rather die than utilize AI, and that is neither hyperbole
> > nor exaggeration.  
> 
> Just because the developers used AI to create/improve the software, 
> doesn't mean that you are using AI by using their resulting software

It *does* however mean that you're using software maintained by people
for whom understanding their own codebase is not a high priority, which
does not inspire great confidence in its stability or security.