| # AI usage | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > The modern (as of 2026-06) AI is a misnomer, | |
| > - it is not conscious / not a consciousness, | |
| > - it is not sentient, | |
| > - it is not intelligent, | |
| > - it does not think, | |
| > - it does not understand the code, | |
| > - it is merely a next-token guesser, | |
| > | |
| > ... therefore it is merely an (hyper-) advanced IDE. | |
| > [!NOTE] | |
| > A contribution is any externally-observable interaction with a project. | |
| > [!CAUTION] | |
| > Failure to follow the following rules *may* result in repercussions, | |
| > possibly without a prior warning. | |
| Rules: | |
| 1. It is acceptable to use AI when producing contributions. | |
| > [!WARNING] | |
| > Any and all AI usage **MUST** be fully and explicitly disclosed | |
| > in **every** contribution. | |
| 2. All contributions shall be done by conscious, sentient beings. | |
| Fully autonomous contributions by bots are prohibited[^1]. | |
| > [!WARNING] | |
| > Dear contributor, the AI is *your* *tool*, and its output is for *your* | |
| > *consumption*. It is **your** responsibility to consume said output, | |
| > interpret it, and then produce the contribution itself. | |
| > **DO NOT** just query it and post the output, | |
| > *especially* so for all non-code contributions! | |
| 3. The contributor (conscious, sentient being) solely bears | |
| the whole responsibility for the contribution, | |
| they must understand the problem, and the solution, | |
| and be able to constructively argue about it. | |
| "well, AI said so, therefore it is" is not an acceptable approach. | |
| [^1]: Unless explicitly allowed by maintainers on case-by-case basis | |
| *before* the contribution is submitted, | |
| in which case the bot owner (conscious, sentient being) | |
| is recognized as the de facto contributor. | |
| E.g. https://github.com/apps/dependabot is allowed. |