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[โ€“] EarMaster@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

That's true. Nonetheless the maintainers seem to see AI as a valid way to reduce their workload.

[โ€“] abc@suppo.fi 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

As someone who has done package management for a distro at one point in my life... after the initial push, it is so incredibly boring.

I think AI should do all of it. I'm entirely certain that things would be better, not worse, if we did. 99% of problems related to that stuff is because it's so fucking boring that humans just simply cannot pay the kind of attention it requires to be safe.