alt Hacker NewsEven if this guy were not anti-AI, as the primary maintainer of OS projects, it sounds like he's dealing with a genuine problem.
> My initial task when a new unexpected PR arrives is to determine if there is a person behind it or not, and luckily this is easy to figure out in just a few seconds.
OK. How? That would have been an interesting explanation to me.
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phyzome • yesterday at 11:07 PM
You pretty quickly get a sense for it. But the author does also explicitly list a few indicators.
GrinningFool • yesterday at 7:28 PM
If someone goes out of their way to hide it, it probably can't be detected. But the default commit comment and PR writeup styles are pretty distinctive.
raincole • yesterday at 6:48 PM
> OK. How?
By vibe. That's what people who believe they can detect AI do.
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ZpJuUuNaQ5 • yesterday at 6:45 PM
>OK. How?
Have you never seen vibe-slopped PRs?
I feel like these 2 sentences answer what the author is looking for:
> I do not want an LLM-generated novel with chapters, bullet points and emojis, just a simple description of the problem in your own voice.
> If I don't see proof of human involvement, then I'm not interested