Open Source Is Hobbling Itself Over Generative AI

The answer to bad AI-assisted contributions is not a purity test. It is better engineering discipline. Earlier this year, a discussion in the GNUstep community raised a proposal that will sound familiar across the Free Software world: prohibit AI-generated code in core projects and proudly advertise the result as “coded by humans” or “AI-free.” The argument was not frivolous. Generative AI raises…