Loris Cro, developer at the Zig Software Foundation, explained the project's ban on AI-generated contributions by describing "contributor poker," the practice of investing effort in new contributors expecting long-term returns as they gain expertise and trustworthiness. Cro stated that AI contributions undermine this model because they lack the codebase familiarity and accountability required for sustainable development, with most LLM-based PRs containing errors or hallucinations that increase maintainer workload.
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Loris Cro, developer at the Zig Software Foundation, explained the project's ban on AI-generated contributions by describing "contributor poker," the practice of investing effort in new contributors expecting long-term returns as they gain expertise and trustworthiness. Cro stated that AI contributions undermine this model because they lack the codebase familiarity and accountability required for sustainable development, with most LLM-based PRs containing errors or hallucinations that increase maintainer workload.