I Am Not a Reverse Centaur

4 hours ago

The author expresses resistance to becoming a 'reverse centaur'—a term for humans dominated by AI—in software development.
They highlight that many unsolicited pull requests (PRs) are now generated by LLMs, often without genuine human effort or understanding.
To avoid reviewing AI-generated 'slop', the author requires contributors to first discuss changes in an issue before submitting a PR.
Unsolicited PRs lacking human involvement are closed immediately to save time and avoid 'reverse centaur' work.
The author questions the future relevance of open source amid declining human interest in coding, preferring AI-generated code.
They advise those reliant on LLMs to describe problems in issues instead of submitting PRs, which will be ignored.
The blog invites donations to support the author's work, emphasizing a preference for human contributions over AI-generated code.

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