Godot veteran says 'AI slop' pull requests have become overwhelming
7 days ago
- #AI-generated code
- #Godot
- #open-source
- Godot veteran Rémi Verschelde expresses concern over the overwhelming number of 'AI slop' pull requests (PRs) generated by large language models (LLMs).
- Identifying and sorting AI-generated PRs is becoming 'draining and demoralizing' for Godot maintainers, stretching their limits.
- Verschelde suggests more funding to pay additional maintainers as the only viable solution to handle the influx of AI-generated PRs.
- Maintainers now have to scrutinize every PR from new contributors to determine if the code is human-written and understood by the author.
- It's increasingly difficult to distinguish between human error and AI-generated mistakes in PRs.
- Godot prides itself on being welcoming to new contributors, but the current situation is unsustainable.
- Verschelde is reluctant to use AI tools to detect AI-generated PRs, calling it 'horribly ironic'.
- There are currently 4,681 open pull requests for Godot on GitHub.