r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more
r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more
The opensource subreddit’s new rules against AI have sparked a revolt.
r/opensource 子版块针对人工智能制定的新规则引发了一场反抗。
The mods at r/opensource posted new submission rules that, among other things, banned projects that use AI. The post made Saturday evening opens by saying, “If your project uses AI, is made by AI, or is intended for AI, it’s not welcome on r/opensource. AI, as it exists today, is incongruent to this Open Source community.”
r/opensource 的版主发布了新的提交规则，其中禁止了使用人工智能的项目。该帖于周六晚间发布，开头写道：“如果你的项目使用人工智能、由人工智能制作或旨在用于人工智能，那么它在 r/opensource 是不受欢迎的。以目前的形式来看，人工智能与这个开源社区是不相容的。”
The new rules have set off a firestorm in the comments, and even spurred the creation of a rival sub r/trueopensource. Moderator Wolvereness has waded into the comments to explain that there’s nuance and room for selective enforcement, such as “software that incidentally has accessibility features that use AI,” including automatic captioning. But that hasn’t slowed complaints from the community who feel the new rules are too broad, misguided, or vague. Many have pointed out that the Linux kernel now contains some AI-generated code, and so projects using it could be banned under the new rules.
新规则在评论区引发了轩然大波，甚至促使人们创建了一个竞争性的子版块 r/trueopensource。版主 Wolvereness 介入评论区解释称，规则存在细微差别，并有选择性执行的空间，例如“附带使用人工智能辅助功能（如自动字幕）的软件”。但这并没有平息社区的抱怨，他们认为新规则过于宽泛、被误导或含糊不清。许多人指出，Linux 内核现在包含一些人工智能生成的代码，因此根据新规则，使用它的项目可能会被禁止。
While the AI ban is getting most of the attention, mods are placing other restrictions on posts as well. Projects submitted must be at least one year old, actively maintained, and have multiple contributors. That would bar solo developers with new projects from looking for help. The mods even say “we can no longer field requests asking for maintainers or people to contribute.”
虽然人工智能禁令受到了最多的关注，但版主也对帖子施加了其他限制。提交的项目必须至少有一年历史、处于活跃维护状态，并拥有多名贡献者。这将阻止独立开发者为新项目寻求帮助。版主甚至表示：“我们无法再处理寻求维护者或贡献者的请求。”
The mods also effectively banned any non-English-speaking members of the community. “If you don’t speak English, you need to find a different community,” the post reads. “We cannot distinguish between AI-written and AI-translated. Since you don’t speak English, you can’t even verify yourself if it translated correctly.”
版主还实际上禁止了社区中任何非英语母语的成员。“如果你不会说英语，你需要寻找另一个社区，”帖子写道。“我们无法区分人工智能编写的内容和人工智能翻译的内容。既然你不会说英语，你甚至无法自行验证翻译是否正确。”