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by jorisw 7 days ago
If 'mostly' means over 50% you could call this clear.

Otherwise I don't think this is clear at all.

Otherwise, what is mostly?

Mostly at the outset, or at any given time? Must the project move out when it goes from 49% to 51% AI-assisted code?
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KingOfCoders 7 days ago
"Mostly at any given time?"

Yes, old project with 1M LOC of pre-AI code + 100% AI 100k LOC generated coded for the last three months, is that mostly?

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lproven 5 days ago
No.

"Most" is clear and unambiguous.

It means more X than Y. The value of X is larger than the value of Y.

X = bot slop ; Y = human written code

In your question, 90% human written, 10% bot generated; no, it is not "most".

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KingOfCoders 5 days ago
LOC? NLOC? Files? Calculated during the last week? Day? Month? Year?
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lproven 5 days ago
Quibbling.

If someone is in the process of intentionally turning their project into slop, replacing human written code with bot-extruded code, then they can pay to host their own...

... And they should still be held fully responsible for the true environmental cost of the power and resources used to run the bots replacing craft with slop.

This activity is criminally wasteful, and should be treated as a crime.

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