Dear Dave,
On 2026-07-28 11:59, Thompson, David wrote:
On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 7:46 AM Ricardo Wurmus <[email protected]>
wrote:
Gabriel Wicki <[email protected]> writes:
Voicing disapproval should be encouraged, otherwise we will
never be able to truly find the best solutions for all of us
No. Disagreements are supposed to lead to modifications of the
proposal that eventually enable all of us to consent to the
implementation of the proposal. Disapproval in the deliberation
has only one outcome.
Torpedoing a proposal with overwhelming consensus at the 11th hour is
certainly not in the spirit of collective decision making.
I recommend that the GCD process be modified to avoid such spoilers in
the future.
I'm only an occasional contributor these days but I might as well say
that my continued participation in Guix as a user, developer, and
advocate is predicated upon the explicit rejection of vibecoded
contributions.
- Dave
I recall 1-2 years ago you commenting on Mastodon about some weird AI
behaviour within one of your issue cues and the costs and distraction
that it generated.
I can only image that such problems and moral hazards are even more of a
pressing issue.
The absence of formal protections regarding AI mean that active
volunteers working in support of Guix are having *constraints* placed
upon them.
The moral hazard of people being able to generate content at minimal
direct cost to an operator and then forcing outsiders to internalise
deficiencies or irregularies on others (knowing or otherwise) is a
significant matter.
Regarding moral dilemmas, Im dwelling a little on 'The Verifiers
Dilemma' a little regarding trust in decentralised systems like for
Attentio.
I considered it quite unlikely that this GDC would pass, I feel absolute
consensus to be impracticably utopian.
I personally feel that legislation or consenses should be focused on
avoiding harm (with a particular attention towards those most
vulnerable).
I do not consider its rejection sufficient in comparison with the
concerns I mentioned above.
Kind regards,
Jonathan
