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by singularity2001 27 days ago
"allows the important stuff like LLMs writing code so long as you disclose."

Are you sure? It says:

"It's fine to use LLMs to answer questions, analyze, distill, refine, check, suggest, review. But not to *create*."

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Yes. The policy is pretty clear on what the rules are for LLM generated code. You need a reviewer to agree to review LLM generated code, you need to read the code yourself, etc.
It's a pretty strict ban, with an exception.

That exception is experimental and somewhat limited; Only allows "well tested, high-quality" PRs on parts of the codebase that have a low probability of causing soundness issues, and it has a seperate review process with much higher standards.

And it requires the reviewer to agree to the use of LLMs ahead of time, before the PR is opened.

IMO, it has a high likelihood of degrading to a closed system, where some programmers with a good track record have little issue merging LLM generated PRs, while anyone without a reputation will struggle to even open an ai-assisted PR.