Hello,
On 02/07/2026 21:32, Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss wrote:
Dear all,
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The first outcome was a call to be careful with the way we talk to each other.
If we lose respect and stop being a welcoming community, the harm lasts longer
than any single PR. *We are in this together.* AI-assisted coding is here to
stay, and it also opens doors, for example for people who do not code but want
to help once good guardrails exist. The room agreed on this and backed it.
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I would also like to react to "AI-assisted coding is here to stay". This
statement cannot be true in this simple form. This is exactly the message the big AI corp
expect everyone to believe, but it is actually not possible in this simple expression.
Propagating this message without nuance is wrong and already a strong bias to any debate :
- current AI-assisted coding methods cannot stay in the same economic system,
as the financial construction of AI industry is totally unstable
- current AI-assisted coding practices cannot stay in the current legal
situation, as the copyright principle itself is at stake ( hence all opensource
legal basis )
- current AI-assisted coding tools cannot exist for long on our planet, given
their impact on environment
These are at least 3 aspects of AI that objectively cannot stay as they are
now. There are numerous others that may trigger debate, but what is for sure is
that **current AI-assisted coding behaviours** will not stay as they are in the
future and in our world, as they are not compatible. They will either evolve,
or our world will change drastically.
And as citizens, this is also our choice to make, and not to blindly repeat PR
announcement from AI coprs.
If you estimate that AI-assisted coding will stay, please include some nuances,
impact & risk assessment, and conditions for that sentence to stay true also.
Vincent
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