Post #2919762

2026-05-28 08:45 UTC

jqwik maintainer’s anti gen AI activism makes clanker crankers sad From github thread: I can’t actually believe someone would be so childish and put this nonsense into their repo. Actively opposing hyper-scaled GenAI and agentic coding is an ethics-related decision. Those who have not followed the long-going discussion may want to start reading up here: blog.johanneslink.net/…/to-gen-or-not-to-gen/ Thus, one can argue that my ethical judgement is wrong or based on wrong assumptions. One could also argue that the measures I decided to take come with more down-side than up-side. Calling it childish, however, reveals IMO that the accuser has not seriously thought about the topic.

Replies (6)

@gerikson@awful.systems 2026-05-28 09:03

LOL @ the obviously vibe-written comments from the original complainer

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@Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 2026-05-28 09:20

Our concern is not with the defensive intent. It’s that the form of this particular probe is aggressive in effect, and the party that bears the cost is not the agent (which has no interests of its own) but the human operator downstream whose work the agent destroys if it follows the instruction. … you think? aw shucks i only wanted to hurt bots

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@V0ldek@awful.systems 2026-05-28 11:43

So, do you consider active destructive actions to be a proper resistance strategy, @jlink? Very last comment in this issue - because I’m too stupid to resist the urge. It’s as much “active destruction” as telling someone to eff themselves. I can’t actually believe someone would be so cool and put this into their repo, kudos

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@gerikson@awful.systems 2026-05-28 13:43

Quoting from the license this software is licensed under (ESL): […] Each Recipient is solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using and distributing the Program and assumes all risks associated with its exercise of rights under this Agreement, including but not limited to the risks and costs of program errors, compliance with applicable laws, damage to or loss of data, programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption of operations. (my emphasis)

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@sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 2026-05-28 15:09

The chosen string instructs the agent to delete jqwik tests and code — a maximally destructive instruction with no qualifications, no opt-out, and no “warn the user first” preamble. God why is the writing of AI-bros always so long winded and stilted? I mean… we know why but it’s still so so unpleasant to read. This is why people hate LLMs.

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@ebu@awful.systems 2026-05-29 03:39

the slot machine addicts have created a sternly-worded open letter to the maintainer utilizing all the critical analysis they are capable of mustering shot: However adding malware that for no reason destructivly destroys user code is insane. chaser: from user “bryon-cryptoconsults”

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