Pixelfed bans AI generated contributions.
We heard you! We are not accepting any AI or agentic code contributions, and will keep building Pixelfed by hand.
Thank you for your feedback!
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed#ai-generated-contributions
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@pixelfed yay! 🌸 Happy to see projects like this
Glad to hear it but I wonder:
Why wasn't 'no AI' the default position from launch?
Does AI ban extend to code contributions or only user contributions?
@pixelfed here a nice article on how AI content is harming knowledge and community https://www.techpolicy.press/millions-of-volunteers-are-keeping-the-internet-human-for-now/
@pixelfed I think one key to deal with AI content is to avoid mechanisms that incentivize things that AI is better with such as high amounts of output. Therefore, since pixelfed doesn’t have an algorithm to addict people that’s already the very foundation of not spreading AI.
@pixelfed After this wonderful decision, you just need to leave GitHub to reach Nirvana 🤗
@pixelfed Great decision and hope @FirefoxOfficial sees and follows the announcement. 🤗
@pixelfed these are the posts where you read the comments and block half the people 
(the post is good, no hate here)
@pixelfed
Don't know if it's wise to leave a comment like this - but:
AI or no AI can be a question that leads to great discussion.
What I don't get is why we can't argue like human beings. I chose Mastodon for kindness and as a positive alternative to other social media. Not to read the same old comments throwing insults at each other.
Calm down, tone it down, hug each other, folks. And then we can argue. No?
Now waiting for the shitstorm for this comment.
cue the sloppers in 3 ... 2... 1...
@pixelfed I wonder, does this apply to security vulnerabilities as well, what happens if someone uses an LLM and finds a genuine vulnerability, is it just gonna get ignored because it comes from an LLM, the models are actually good at this...
@rebootl If they report a legit vulnerability, we can work on our own fix (and code) and wouldn't be an issue.
@pixelfed Dank maar volgens mij zijn er nog veel bugs. Gelukkig hou ik wat echt belangrijk is en er toe doet in eigen bewaring.
@pixelfed Actually banning agentic contributions isn't really a good idea, as people can actually achieve good quality with coding agents.
@alexchapman @pixelfed
Pixelfed made a decision, a fresh and bold one, and I'd like to hope it's not up for debate.
@cuirass_entertainment Well, the maintainor didn't originally wanna make it, but anti-AI extremists pushed him to it. @pixelfed
@alexchapman "Anti-ai extremists" fuck off, either you're being a troll or you're actually braindead. If being against the fascist slop machine makes me an extremist then so be it, being extreme isn't bad. MLK was an extremist in his age @cuirass_entertainment @pixelfed
@sackofbones I'm neither, the anti-AI people need to give it a fucking rest. @cuirass_entertainment @pixelfed
@alexchapman So the latter, got it. If you aren't against it then you're for it, in this case, like with fascism.
> the anti-AI people need to give it a fucking rest
"The anti fascist people need to give it a fucking rest"
Now tell me you think I should take a rest opposing the fascist failed technology burning up the planet and wasting so many precious resources that cements in place the permanent under class while empowering the ruling class to control literally everything we do?
@cuirass_entertainment @pixelfed
@sackofbones Fascism has nothing to do with this. @cuirass_entertainment @pixelfed
@alexchapman So something made and controlled by fascists has nothing to do with fascism? @cuirass_entertainment @pixelfed
@sackofbones Its not controled by fascists, that's just a lie by you extremists. @cuirass_entertainment @pixelfed
@alexchapman my condolences. I'm feeling sorry for your poor sloppyfied soul that fell head first into the fascism pool and reject the help line people throw you. Maybe do some proper reading instead of gobbling up the lies the AI machine spoon feeds you daily. @sackofbones @cuirass_entertainment @pixelfed
@pixelfed I hate AI slop