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Re:Critical RCE Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server by jonhohle on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:37PM (#50463118)
Depending on the context and content, I tend to be against AI pull requests that haven’t been edited by a human.

AI finding vulns? I don’t see how it’s different from valgrind, static analysis, afl, or other fuzzer. I don’t think getting fresh, high-signal analysis is what AI-hating projects are concerned with.

Re:Critical RCE Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server by JodieBenitez on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:55AM (#50463564)
cough Zig... cough

> No LLMs for finding bugs.

Re:Critical RCE Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server by jamesfinlayson on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:13AM (#50463659)
> Depending on the context and content, I tend to be against AI pull requests that haven’t been edited by a human.

I've seen on a few open source projects I follow the 100% AI patch with notes to the effect of "I haven't compiled let alone tested these changes but AI said it's fine and my cursory glance agrees".

Like come on - I'm not going to judge using AI to make a useful change, but at least put in more than zero effort.

Re:Critical RCE Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:43AM (#50463825)
Depends on exactly what it is that a project is objecting to. For example, here's Nura:

> AI tools have several ethical issues. They require an unreasonable amount of energy[1] and water[2] to build and operate, their models are built in part with heavily exploited workers in unacceptable working conditions[3], usually without consent from or compensation for creators of the source material[4] and oftentimes causing DDoS attacks against FOSS infrastructure in the process[5] (which in turn force the deployment of challenge-based protections and increase cost and complexity of self-hosting for everybody[6]). Furthermore, they are being used to undermine labor and justify layoffs[7]. These are harms that we do not want to perpetuate, even if only indirectly.

( https://docs.nura.eco/policies-and-processes/development/ai-... )

If you really believe that AI tools are automatically unethical because they destroy the environment, harm workers, and constitute an attack on FOSS infrastructure, then it doesn't really matter how the tool is being used. If you just don't want to see code quality decline, then it's probably not a problem.