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Fedora developers debate use of AI |
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Earlier this year Jesse Smith talked about debates and conflicts in the open source community, in particular the growing rift between commercial interests in the Linux ecosystem and how they conflict with community interests. About a month ago we talked about how to avoid distributions which include AI tools and pointed out one of the easiest ways to do this is to use community distributions instead of commercial ones. As if to drive home this point, the Fedora project, which is sponsored by Red Hat, is engaged in a long debate about the use of AI and the inclusion of AI tools. The LWN publication reports: "There appears to be a growing tension between what Red Hat and IBM would like to see from Fedora versus what its users and community contributors want from the project. Red Hat and IBM have already come down in favor of AI as part of their product strategies, the only real questions are what to develop and offer to the customers or partners. The Fedora community, on the other hand, has quite a few people who feel strongly against AI technologies for various ethical, practical, and social reasons. The results, so far, of turning people loose with generative AI tools on unsuspecting open-source projects has not been universally positive. People join communities to collaborate with other people, not to sift through the output of large language models. It is possible that Red Hat will persuade Fedora to formally endorse a policy of accepting AI-assisted content, but it may be at the expense of users and contributors."
The LWN article includes several quotes, including one from Graham White of IBM, who claims to have never come across an example of "AI slop" despite claiming to have 20 years of experience in the AI field, and a few from Mike McGrath of Red Hat who claims he wants Fedora to have "a more aggressive approach to AI." Since IBM, through Red Hat, controls the flow of money into Fedora, it seems likely the reluctant Fedora developers will eventually need to adopt Red Hat's push to include AI in their work.
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