Debate erupts over anti-AI stance in open source: 'the whole software industry is AI code'
anpaure · x · 2026-09-06
In the discussion around Linux booting on M3 MacBooks, users debated whether developers should use AI. One raised legal risks; anpaure pushed back, arguing there are no legal issues since Windows, macOS, and Linux code are already substantially AI-generated, and open-source anti-AI sentiment is mostly a reaction to millions of slop PRs — but lead devs have no reason not to use AI to speed up porting work.
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