I see AI programs more as quick and dirty tools than "Open Source Projects".
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2026
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that comparison works quite well to explain why i think it can't legally qualify as open source, too!
Both ai-generated software and short generic scripts aren't really unique in any meaningful way, there's no creativity in it and therefore it really shouldn't be considered covered by copyright in the first place.
These kinds of threads are great for finding new people to go in my block list.
I'm fine with a people asking for open source AI models or sharing projects they made with the help of AI but not completely vibecoded slop.
I think there are multiple reasons to ban AI slop. One is that it can push out and dilute human-made content.
Another is that AI use is very resource intensive in an age that we're facing an accelerating climate crisis. Speaking of which, we're expecting a pretty extreme El Niño season this year.
Another is that AI companies are lobbying the US federal government in bad faith (up to and including the current discussions of slowdown), and really don't deserve any support or patronage.
I don't know if you were aware, but burgerland doesn't have a monopoly on LLM development. And nowadays there are competent models you can even run locally that work just fine for coding.
This whole trope that AI is very resource intensive is completely outdated, while people like you just keep parroting it uncritically. You're certainly not going to be solving extreme climate change by banning LLM assisted code on a niche community. This is the most lib brained take ever.
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You can ban it and if circumstances change in the future, the rules can be changed
If you adopt a hardline anti ai stance you will just have to reverse it or become an unused backwater.
E: tagging is also stupid because a tag is self imposed and doesn’t discriminate between a person who is careful or otherwise.
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As a consumer I hate AI-slopped apps. They activly make the experience worse!