Post #3606869
2026-07-05 15:18 UTC
@ramsey@phpc.social @elazar@phpc.social I favour building community and upskilling people over using a completely unethical tool just because it is convenient, so, to me, forbidding any kind of AI usage is still the right choice.
Especially for software which requires a lot of contextual knowledge to create a good (correct) patch, like PHP_CodeSniffer. Even more so, knowing that PHPCS is used by AI to "keep it honest" 😄
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@ramsey@phpc.social 2026-07-05 15:23
@jrf_nl@phpc.social @elazar@phpc.social Yeah, and this is what I worry about: death of communities and loss of skilled programmers.
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@elazar@phpc.social 2026-07-05 15:23
@jrf_nl@phpc.social For what it's worth, I agree AI is a net negative (for me personally, at least) in a number of aspects, be they technical, social, economical, philosophical, etc. That said, I'm also unfortunately not really in a position with my employment where it's feasible to decline use of related tools completely. I speak out when and where I'm able (e.g., advocating for hiring junior engineers), but in terms of day-to-day work, AI has become the new normal, for better or worse. @ramsey@phpc.social