Projects that get a lot of attention already put up barriers to new contributions, and the ones that get less attention will continue to get less attention.
The review process cannot be left to AI because it will introduce uncertainty nobody wants to be held responsible for.
If anything, the people who have always seen code as a mere means to an end will finally come to a forced decision: either stop fucking around or get out of the way.
An adversarial web is ultimately good for software quality, but less open than it used to be. I'm not even sure if that's a bad thing.
Why is everything in "AI" shrouded in mystery, hidden behind $200 monthly payments and has glossy announcements. Just release the damn thing and let us test it. You know, like the software we write and that you steal from us.
Does anyone disagree?
This is purely my intuition, but I'm interested in how others are thinking about it.
All this with the mega caveat of this assuming very widespread adoption of these defenses, which we know won't be true and auto-hacking may be rampant for a while.
blibble•20m ago
pointless videos, without enough time to read the code