Post by @mildseason@sopuli.xyz

2026-10-11 07:17 UTC

AI is a tool. You already trust the developers to build an operating system with the tools available. From the Debian announcement The Debian Project nevertheless expects that all contributions submitted to Debian, regardless of how and with which tools they were produced, satisfy the same standards of quality, correctness, maintainability, and legal compliance. The use of a generative AI tool does not diminish the contributor’s responsibility for the work they submit. Contributors are expected to understand, review, test, and, where appropriate, modify AI-assisted output before incorporating it into Debian. Blindly accepting or uploading AI-generated material without appropriate human review is inconsistent with Debian’s established development practices. It’s quite clear they don’t allow vibe coding. As you say, the kernal itself allows AI contributions in a similar way. If you’re worried about the ethical aspects of AI then you’ll probably have to move to NetBSD. If you’re only worried about quality this is a non issue.

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@tinsuke@lemmy.world 2026-10-11 09:04

It might be a tool, but it is naïve not take all of its externalities into account. From tante’s piece: Usefulness is not an objective, fully abstract property: A thing is not useful for everyone or in general but mostly just for specific people in specific contexts. And useful never comes for free. But let’s take a step back and use a different example: Child labor. Child labor is very “useful” if you want cheap labor. It’s 100% deplorable to use it or accept it.

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@tabular@lemmy.world 2026-10-11 09:49

Trust is 3 parts; authenticity, competance and empathy. Trust is broken if any of those are insufficient. If others believe AI creation and AI use hurts people then leaving that unaddressed makes one appear to lack empathy. “Quality of code” ultimately boils down to judging how it may effect people (reading it, changing it, using the software it compiles to). To worry about code quality is only to care about people. Only caring sometimes is inconsistent - it questions their character.

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