{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":6,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/whitequark","displayName":"\u2727\u2726Catherine\u2726\u2727","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-original-tmp20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-96-20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-48-20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-24-20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"105710"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-96-20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"cat(girl) shaped object, hardware omelas kid"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."\u2727 i have friends, and my purpose is to support them \u2727\u2726 i have enemies, and my purpose is to eliminate them \u2726\u2736 i have a life, and my purpose is to reach heaven by violence \u2736\u2737 nothing else matters \u2737#searchable","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@whitequark","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"whitequark","displayName":"\u2727\u2726Catherine\u2726\u2727","note":"cat(girl) shaped object, hardware omelas kid"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."\u2727 i have friends, and my purpose is to support them \u2727\u2726 i have enemies, and my purpose is to eliminate them \u2726\u2736 i have a life, and my purpose is to reach heaven by violence \u2736\u2737 nothing else matters \u2737#searchable"}},"content":"RT @whitequark @projectgus this is why Amaranth has a blanket "no AI" contribution policy: you could argue about its social-scale problems but my view is that it fades in comparison to "if I have to deal with slop being submitted I will simply choose to not take submissions from an open set of people at all""no AI PRs" is a compromise, with the other option being "the only way to get your code in is to be from the same guild"","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/whitequark\/statuses\/115605955438286857\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus\/statuses\/115590665833691586","objectType":"note","content":"

Re: last boost https:\/\/chaos.social\/@dpk\/115589097803252590<\/a> <\/p>

That OCaml PR is textbook open source in the era of vibe coding...<\/p>

It's got everything:<\/p>

- PR submitted without the author acknowledging they didn't write it and don't understand it.
- Copyright laundering.
- \"I just wanted to get it done!\" versus maintainers who know they have to live with code contributions for years.
- Zero-effort pasting LLM output as reply to real people's thoughtful questions. (At least the author acknowledged what they were doing that time.)
- It doesn't matter that it's hard to review because \"AI has a very deep understanding of how this code works.\"
- \"Beats me. AI decided to do so and I didn't question it.\"<\/p>

If this is our new world then it's going to turbocharge maintainer burnout. :dumpster_fire: <\/p>

(If you don't want to read a quite long often depressing thread, would still recommend reading this well reasoned comment by one of the maintainers:
https:\/\/github.com\/ocaml\/ocaml\/pull\/14369#issuecomment-3556593972<\/a> )<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@projectgus\/115590665833691586","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-22:objectType=thread:nonce=038a9c84a8a5a8d1","notice_info":{"local_id":"11581963","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"11564921"}},"published":"2025-11-24T18:47:16+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"whitequark repeated a notice by projectgus","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/whitequark\/statuses\/115605955438286857\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/whitequark","displayName":"\u2727\u2726Catherine\u2726\u2727","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-original-tmp20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-96-20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-48-20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-24-20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"105710"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/105710-96-20230309163231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"cat(girl) shaped object, hardware omelas kid"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."\u2727 i have friends, and my purpose is to support them \u2727\u2726 i have enemies, and my purpose is to eliminate them \u2726\u2736 i have a life, and my purpose is to reach heaven by violence \u2736\u2737 nothing else matters \u2737#searchable","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@whitequark","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"whitequark","displayName":"\u2727\u2726Catherine\u2726\u2727","note":"cat(girl) shaped object, hardware omelas kid"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."\u2727 i have friends, and my purpose is to support them \u2727\u2726 i have enemies, and my purpose is to eliminate them \u2726\u2736 i have a life, and my purpose is to reach heaven by violence \u2736\u2737 nothing else matters \u2737#searchable"}},"content":"

@projectgus<\/a> this is why Amaranth has a blanket \"no AI\" contribution policy: you could argue about its social-scale problems but my view is that it fades in comparison to \"if I have to deal with slop being submitted I will simply choose to not take submissions from an open set of people at all\"<\/p>

\"no AI PRs\" is a compromise, with the other option being \"the only way to get your code in is to be from the same guild\"<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/whitequark\/statuses\/115605815442345481","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/whitequark\/statuses\/115605815442345481","objectType":"note","content":"

@projectgus<\/a> this is why Amaranth has a blanket \"no AI\" contribution policy: you could argue about its social-scale problems but my view is that it fades in comparison to \"if I have to deal with slop being submitted I will simply choose to not take submissions from an open set of people at all\"<\/p>

\"no AI PRs\" is a compromise, with the other option being \"the only way to get your code in is to be from the same guild\"<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@whitequark\/115605815442345481","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus\/statuses\/115590665833691586","url":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@projectgus\/115590665833691586"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-22:objectType=thread:nonce=038a9c84a8a5a8d1","notice_info":{"local_id":"11581557","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-24T17:30:49+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@whitequark\/115605815442345481"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus","displayName":"Gus","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-original-tmp20250814012034.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-96-20250821015549.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-48-20250814045635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-24-20250821015549.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"89084"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-96-20250821015549.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Big ol' nerd. Interested in electronics, reverse engineering, open source, repairing things, cooperatives, bikes.Variously part-time as: MicroPython maintainer, embedded systems consultant, EV reverse engineer, patter of good dogs.","url":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@projectgus","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"projectgus","displayName":"Gus","note":"Big ol' nerd. Interested in electronics, reverse engineering, open source, repairing things, cooperatives, bikes.Variously part-time as: MicroPython maintainer, embedded systems consultant, EV reverse engineer, patter of good dogs."}},"content":"

@abrasive<\/a> 100%, it's honestly scary. And a real indictment of many people's relationship with thinking.<\/p>

I'm surprised pro-AI people don't address this more, because I don't think LLMs are totally useless[*] but the consequences of using them excessively and uncritically don't help convince people of that, either. I guess excessive use does help line go up.<\/p>

[*] I do think their benefits aren't worth the significant societal and energy demand costs, but yeah...<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus\/statuses\/115591525475430449","object":{"id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus\/statuses\/115591525475430449","objectType":"note","content":"

@abrasive<\/a> 100%, it's honestly scary. And a real indictment of many people's relationship with thinking.<\/p>

I'm surprised pro-AI people don't address this more, because I don't think LLMs are totally useless[*] but the consequences of using them excessively and uncritically don't help convince people of that, either. I guess excessive use does help line go up.<\/p>

[*] I do think their benefits aren't worth the significant societal and energy demand costs, but yeah...<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@projectgus\/115591525475430449","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/users\/abrasive\/statuses\/115590851501957595","url":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/@abrasive\/115590851501957595"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/users\/abrasive"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-22:objectType=thread:nonce=038a9c84a8a5a8d1","notice_info":{"local_id":"11565985","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-22T04:53:30+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@projectgus\/115591525475430449"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/users\/abrasive","displayName":"abrasive","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-original-tmp20241206041919.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":256,"height":256},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-96-20241206041920.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-48-20241206041920.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-24-20241206041920.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"303582"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-96-20241206041920.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"In between chapters. Likes taking things apart. Sometimes even puts them back together. Ngunnawal country.","url":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/@abrasive","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"abrasive","displayName":"abrasive","note":"In between chapters. Likes taking things apart. Sometimes even puts them back together. Ngunnawal country."}},"content":"

@projectgus<\/a> holy crap what a shitshow! thanks for boosting this~<\/p>

This whole \"revolution\" is highlighting to me a lot of work that our culture labels an \"overhead\", implying a waste of time, and how much value is actually in that work.<\/p>

The canonical example in software is developing and using a mental model of how software works, while lines of code are really a side-effect rather than the main show.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/users\/abrasive\/statuses\/115590840722026730","object":{"id":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/users\/abrasive\/statuses\/115590840722026730","objectType":"note","content":"

@projectgus<\/a> holy crap what a shitshow! thanks for boosting this~<\/p>

This whole \"revolution\" is highlighting to me a lot of work that our culture labels an \"overhead\", implying a waste of time, and how much value is actually in that work.<\/p>

The canonical example in software is developing and using a mental model of how software works, while lines of code are really a side-effect rather than the main show.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/@abrasive\/115590840722026730","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus\/statuses\/115590665833691586","url":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@projectgus\/115590665833691586"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-22:objectType=thread:nonce=038a9c84a8a5a8d1","notice_info":{"local_id":"11565981","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-22T04:53:08+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/@abrasive\/115590840722026730"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/users\/abrasive","displayName":"abrasive","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-original-tmp20241206041919.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":256,"height":256},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-96-20241206041920.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-48-20241206041920.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-24-20241206041920.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"303582"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/303582-96-20241206041920.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"In between chapters. Likes taking things apart. Sometimes even puts them back together. Ngunnawal country.","url":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/@abrasive","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"abrasive","displayName":"abrasive","note":"In between chapters. Likes taking things apart. Sometimes even puts them back together. Ngunnawal country."}},"content":"

@projectgus<\/a> But it's equally true in other fields! One I'm heavily exposed to is doctors' notes - there's this big push to do auto transcription, whatever, but then LLM summarisation for the doctor's records. Talking to the doctors I know well, they spend enormous amounts of time and energy writing notes after interacting with patients - viewed by many as overhead again, but in their view it's a critical part of, essentially, validating (or invalidating) their understanding of what's going on!<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/users\/abrasive\/statuses\/115590851501957595","object":{"id":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/users\/abrasive\/statuses\/115590851501957595","objectType":"note","content":"

@projectgus<\/a> But it's equally true in other fields! One I'm heavily exposed to is doctors' notes - there's this big push to do auto transcription, whatever, but then LLM summarisation for the doctor's records. Talking to the doctors I know well, they spend enormous amounts of time and energy writing notes after interacting with patients - viewed by many as overhead again, but in their view it's a critical part of, essentially, validating (or invalidating) their understanding of what's going on!<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/@abrasive\/115590851501957595","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/users\/abrasive\/statuses\/115590840722026730","url":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/@abrasive\/115590840722026730"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-22:objectType=thread:nonce=038a9c84a8a5a8d1","notice_info":{"local_id":"11565982","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-22T04:53:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/digipres.club\/@abrasive\/115590851501957595"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus","displayName":"Gus","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-original-tmp20250814012034.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-96-20250821015549.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-48-20250814045635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-24-20250821015549.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"89084"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/89084-96-20250821015549.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Big ol' nerd. Interested in electronics, reverse engineering, open source, repairing things, cooperatives, bikes.Variously part-time as: MicroPython maintainer, embedded systems consultant, EV reverse engineer, patter of good dogs.","url":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@projectgus","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"projectgus","displayName":"Gus","note":"Big ol' nerd. Interested in electronics, reverse engineering, open source, repairing things, cooperatives, bikes.Variously part-time as: MicroPython maintainer, embedded systems consultant, EV reverse engineer, patter of good dogs."}},"content":"

Re: last boost https:\/\/chaos.social\/@dpk\/115589097803252590<\/a> <\/p>

That OCaml PR is textbook open source in the era of vibe coding...<\/p>

It's got everything:<\/p>

- PR submitted without the author acknowledging they didn't write it and don't understand it.
- Copyright laundering.
- \"I just wanted to get it done!\" versus maintainers who know they have to live with code contributions for years.
- Zero-effort pasting LLM output as reply to real people's thoughtful questions. (At least the author acknowledged what they were doing that time.)
- It doesn't matter that it's hard to review because \"AI has a very deep understanding of how this code works.\"
- \"Beats me. AI decided to do so and I didn't question it.\"<\/p>

If this is our new world then it's going to turbocharge maintainer burnout. :dumpster_fire: <\/p>

(If you don't want to read a quite long often depressing thread, would still recommend reading this well reasoned comment by one of the maintainers:
https:\/\/github.com\/ocaml\/ocaml\/pull\/14369#issuecomment-3556593972<\/a> )<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus\/statuses\/115590665833691586","object":{"id":"https:\/\/aus.social\/users\/projectgus\/statuses\/115590665833691586","objectType":"note","content":"

Re: last boost https:\/\/chaos.social\/@dpk\/115589097803252590<\/a> <\/p>

That OCaml PR is textbook open source in the era of vibe coding...<\/p>

It's got everything:<\/p>

- PR submitted without the author acknowledging they didn't write it and don't understand it.
- Copyright laundering.
- \"I just wanted to get it done!\" versus maintainers who know they have to live with code contributions for years.
- Zero-effort pasting LLM output as reply to real people's thoughtful questions. (At least the author acknowledged what they were doing that time.)
- It doesn't matter that it's hard to review because \"AI has a very deep understanding of how this code works.\"
- \"Beats me. AI decided to do so and I didn't question it.\"<\/p>

If this is our new world then it's going to turbocharge maintainer burnout. :dumpster_fire: <\/p>

(If you don't want to read a quite long often depressing thread, would still recommend reading this well reasoned comment by one of the maintainers:
https:\/\/github.com\/ocaml\/ocaml\/pull\/14369#issuecomment-3556593972<\/a> )<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@projectgus\/115590665833691586","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-22:objectType=thread:nonce=038a9c84a8a5a8d1","notice_info":{"local_id":"11564921","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-22T01:37:30+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/aus.social\/@projectgus\/115590665833691586"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5885420","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}