Re: AI generated mails

On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM Christian Schneider <cschneid@cschneid.com> wrote: > > In the thead "[PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] array_match" I got a reply starting with "Thanks for your feedback and for raising these valid points" and then sort of reiterating things I already addressed ("requires adding delimiters and wrapping the needle in preg_quote()") which leads me to believe that the response was AI generated. I might be wrong in this specific case but it got me thinking. > > I'm not sure I want to spend time arguing with AIs and was considering replying with "AI;DR" (AI; didn't reply) but I realize that this can be considered rude. > > Just to be clear: I realize that AIs help a lot for non-native speakers to express themselves but when I get the feeling that the whole argument was generated and not only translated then I get a bit defensive about my personal time and energy. > > As I'm expecting more and more generated mails on this list: What is the feeling on the mailing list about how to handle this? > > Regards, > - Chris Hi Chris, Thank you for bringing this up. Since this isn't the first time this has come up, I'd like to ask whether it's time internals discussed an AI-usage policy? A written document would tell contributors what is and isn't acceptable here. Whether that is a disccussion, an RFC, or a PR. And it would save everyeone from settling it case by case each time. It is not new ground either...Python, CURL, Linux Kernel, and Fedora (among others) have all faced the same issue, and each landed on a policy. For reference: Python: https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/generative-ai curl: https://curl.se/dev/contribute.html#on-ai-use-in-curl Linux kernel: https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html Fedora: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/policy/ai-contribution-policy Thanks, Osama