On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 06:53:14PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > This message announces the start of the deliberation period on GCD 008, > entitled: > Commitments and policy on the use of “generative artificial intelligence” > The final version of the document is attached and can also be viewed here: > > https://codeberg.org/guix/guix-consensus-documents/src/commit/a24520c4147ffd67bb696c71f15ed4fb8521a791/008-genai.md > The history of discussions is available at the following places: > https://codeberg.org/guix/guix-consensus-documents/pulls/13 > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/ (May, June, and July) > Excerpt from GCD 001, which specifies the process: > Once the final version is published, team members have 14 days to send one > of the following replies on the patch-tracking entry of the GCD: > - “I support”, meaning that one supports the proposal; > - “I accept”, meaning that one consents to the implementation of the > proposal; > - “I disapprove”, meaning that one opposes the implementation of the > proposal. A team member sending this reply should have made constructive > comments during the discussion period. > To avoid ambiguity, replies from team members will be accepted until: > Monday, July 27th, 2026, 23:59 AoE (anywhere on earth) > Replies are accepted both on the Codeberg pull request given above and > on the [email protected] mailing list. >
I accept. (I did not receive Ludo's starting mail) My reasons for not supporting: 1. copyright: harmful and unjust law which, IMO, we shouldn't take to a standard higher than everyone else; 2. wrong aim: most, if not all, issues in the motivation are not inherent to this technology, but consequences of our capitalistic economy and the concentration of power in the hands of a few; 3. monoculture: we're politically enforcing one way of thinking or working instead of convincing or proving the better path forward. Nonetheless, I do think the situation calls for caution and that it is necessary to have some policy in order to have a healthy environment for working together.
