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    <div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid2" class="ace-line"
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        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z">Hi,</span></div>
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    <div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid4" class="ace-line"
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        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z">(sent
        both to discuss, and CC'ed to board mailing list for
        information. Please keep the discussion only on -discuss)</span></div>
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    <div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid6" class="ace-line"
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        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z">I
        don't think the current position of the foundation of not taking
        a firm stance on the matter of AI/LLM, and let each group
        decide, can be held anymore. It is becoming increasing clearer
        that penetration of AI within our community is toxic, and
        require each group to go through the painful process of defining
        its own position about the topic, which is very complicated and
        drains a lot of energy among community members. Recently
        TorchGeo (</span><span
        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z url"><a
          href="https://github.com/torchgeo/torchgeo/pull/4116"
          rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/torchgeo/torchgeo/pull/4116</a></span><span
        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z">)
        and QGIS (</span><span
        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z url"><a
href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/387"
          rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/387</a></span><span
        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z">)
        had to go for a full ban of AI/LLM use, both for coding and
        communication, given the difficulty to frame what exact use of
        that technology could be acceptable. I've also noticed in the
        incubation committee that nearly all recent submitted community
        projects have been largely vibe-coded, which seems incompatible
        to the criteria we expect of community projects, but the
        committee lacks clear guidance on how to proceed.</span></div>
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    <div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid8" class="ace-line"
      spellcheck="true"><span
        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z">Open
        source has always been about doing things differently from
        others, and I believe that on AI, we must resist to the trend of
        embracing a technology that has so many unknown consequences,
        and already very nocuous ones. This falls under the
        precautionary principle.</span></div>
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    <div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid10" class="ace-line"
      spellcheck="true"><span
        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z">A
        moratorium on AI/LLM use in all OSGeo venues (projects,
        committees, communication channels, conferences, etc.) seems to
        me to be to be the prudent approach. At least as a by-default
        policy. Each group could potentially reframe it, but by default,
        I believe groups should be protected. In some time, when the
        implications of using those techs will be better understood, and
        the landscape will have cleared up a bit, a potential relaxation
        can be discussed.</span></div>
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    <div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid12" class="ace-line"
      spellcheck="true"><span
        class="author-a-gyz79zz71zz76zez74z3jz90zxvz80zz73zz81zz90z">Even</span></div>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.spatialys.com">http://www.spatialys.com</a>
My software is free, but my time generally not.
LLMs contribute to global warming and brain rot.
Let's guillotine them! "Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira !"
Initiator of <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://fuckaifoundation.org">https://fuckaifoundation.org</a></pre>
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