I feel like Iâm going crazy, because I distinctly remember checking out this project a couple of years ago (before they were called Linkwarden, and then when they renamed it) and noticing all the ai-looking commits (especially after the rename) in the repo so I wrote off the project. Also notice how OP doesnât deny that theyâre using it, just says he started the project before ChatGPT. I went through his profile and the AI profile picture and github.com/daniel31x13/gstack fork are pretty telling.
Letâs be honest, a lot of FOSS projects have been inundated with ai pull requests, and I looked at some that were merged. At least the dev looks like theyâre being responsible about them. Look at the contributors for the last 6 months, claude is right there: github.com/âŚ/8bd3bd376316332693c5074a59dc3ab03559âŚ. Look at that contributorâs profile and website. For another one: github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden/pull/1553. Look at that userâs GitHub profile, look at the activity, look at his website. Iâm not saying heâs not a good programmer or anything like that, but be for real, heâs absolutely using AI for his code, if not an ai agent of some sort.
I also find it hard to believe an app that features ai tagging wouldnât also use ai. So it seems disingenuous to tag their Reddit post with âNo AI.â
At the end of the day, Iâm not personally invested, and theyâre free to use ai in their project (it is a tool after all and can be used responsibly). Iâm really developing trust issues with how dodgy some projects are about disclosing their AI usage. Like just say you use it to debug, qa, or brainstorm, and or that the outputs are actually reviewed by a person.
Sephtis@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
While i dislikes ai i think itâs one of the only ways to create a foss software with a small time with a reasonably small number of people. But this does indeed just look like a no-effort ai post
Breezy@sopuli.xyz â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
And I get it, I do, but I think what rubs me the wrong way is how cagey the dev is about AI disclosure.
Use it for your project, itâs open source (which allows me to see that AI is being used) and free to self-host. Like I mentioned previously, I do see the dev being pretty responsible about their usage from the few merge requests and individual commits I looked at.
Personally, I feel like FOSS is built on a foundation of trust, and I find it very hard to trust a dev/project that (in my opinion) lies by omission. So, while I wonât use/contribute/pay for this project, Iâm not judging anyone who does and I wish yâall the best. At the end of the day, itâs your time, effort, money (if you donate and or pay for the hosted plan), and or hardware (if you choose to self-host).
Especially, after fiascos like Booklore (another project I now feel vindicated for writing off early) and the general trend of enshittification for almost all software and services, can you blame people for being a bit more skeptical?