From 8880bce0f2cac1fa8dc7ddbadb8f5ad915289707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:01:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] adding a few more sections on why not ai (#30) Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware/pulls/30 Reviewed-by: Max Co-authored-by: jessebot Co-committed-by: jessebot --- README.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 55a9948..4926e05 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). * [Why not LLMs?](#why-not-llms) * [Legal Ramifications](#legal-ramifications) * [Environmental Impact](#environmental-impact) - + * [Poor Code Quality](#poor-code-quality) + * [Healthy and Safety](#healthy-and-safety) + * [Maintainer Fatigue](#maintainer-fatigue) ## Definitions @@ -226,10 +228,36 @@ Could use some help writing this with concrete receipts on environmental, social 1. LLMs are often trained on, and thus prone to, regurgitate either completely, or in-part, chunks of code that are licensed under terms which have specific legal requirements that a sloperator may not understand or even be aware of when making a contribution. Regardless of this ignorance, it falls to the repo's owner to comply with the terms of any and all licensed code integrated into their project. + +See also: [lawsuits against AI companies](https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/11/02/tracker-of-tort-lawsuits-v-ai-companies/) + ### Environmental Impact To start learning a bit more, you can checkout the wikipedia page on [Environmental impact of artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_artificial_intelligence#Individual_level). We're very open to people contributing other explanations, links, and resources to learn more about this. +### Poor Code Quality + +Vibe coding results in poorer code quality and is compounded by having addition LLMs do the reviews of both bugs and pull requests in repos. + +#### Healthy and Safety + +There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerment or death. Here's some examples: + +- [AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account](https://archive.ph/dX5xd) + +-
+ Content Warning: Suicide + + [AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges](https://apnews.com/article/chatbot-ai-lawsuit-suicide-teen-artificial-intelligence-9d48adc572100822fdbc3c90d1456bd0) + +
+ +#### Maintainer Fatigue + +Having to deal with the onslaught of many LLM written pull requests and issues, causes real maintainer burnout that stagnates projects as maintainers become overwhelmed with half baked, poorly written, insecure code. Here's some examples: + +- [Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health”](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/overrun-with-ai-slop-curl-scraps-bug-bounties-to-ensure-intact-mental-health/) + [Garage]: https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/ [Starship]: https://starship.rs