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« […] this year 71 out of 79 proposals we received for the #GSoC 2025 were spammy and very often #AI generated. This is a significant increase compared to previous years. I remember that a few years ago there were less than a dozen spammy proposals. »

🤔 Is this trashy effect part of the AI “revolution” that tech bros’re promising?

Quote from #Git mailing list.
Subject: AI guidelines for mentoring programs (like GSoC and Outreachy)
id:CAP8UFD37_qsTjM97GK2EOWHteqoUKdwxjKS-SU629H2LnbTTtA@mail.gmail.com
https://public-inbox.org/git/CAP8UFD37_qsTjM97GK2EOWHteqoUKdwxjKS-SU629H2LnbTTtA@mail.gmail.com/

Indieterminacy

@indieterminacy@social.coop replied · 6 days ago

@zimoun Bleurgh.

Curiously, I got (AI?) targeted event orientated emails in the Fosdem period in the hope that Id open some dodgy file.

As such there are not only risks for selecting people as part of initiatives but additionally risks from instinctively responding to something malicious in the middle of a conference.

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