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Re:Ask HN: AI-generated spam pull requests? by crop_rotation on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:28PM (#35359556)
It is the new reality though. Soon AI generated PRs will look human enough to require a good amount of time of the repo maintainers to review.
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Re:Ask HN: AI-generated spam pull requests? by sudo_navendu on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:30PM (#35359589)
It is perfectly fine if the code actually works. At least for now, getting the exact code you want from an AI is a legit skill. This was pure spam.

I wrote more about what actually happened here: https://navendu.me/posts/ai-generated-spam-prs/

It can help set some context to the discussions.

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Re:Ask HN: AI-generated spam pull requests? by debesyla on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:34PM (#35359647)
I doubt that AI generated PRs will ever be as bad as (some) human generated ones.
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Re:Ask HN: AI-generated spam pull requests? by crop_rotation on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:38PM (#35359720)
Correct. But they will be a. much higher in volume and b. would not look bad at a glance.
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