On 19/02/26 at 09:40 +0000, Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello Lucas, > > Thanks. I agree with Russ about saying "LLM" not "AI". > > I think it would be good if the initial proposal distinguishes between > uses of LLMs. It could mention: code search/analysis; code review; > generating prototypes; fancy search-and-replace refactorings; generating > production code. > > I can envisage further ballot options which would allow some but not all > of these, and it would be better if the distinction between them were > already present in the initial proposal.
Could you elaborate on how you would use such distinction in ballot options? I think that the core issue is the fact that tools generate content that is then integrated into Debian. I don't really see how it could be useful to distinguish between uses of such tools as long as they are used to generate code. Also, in terms of terminology, I find talking about "AI" slightly better because it encompasses the whole ecosystem: trained model, inference provider, agent (client-side tool that interacts with the codebase). Lucas
