‘Tokens Are Cheap’: Open Source Subreddit Bans AI - Gizmodo

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Open Source is an idea more than it is a set of specs, and that idea is now incompatible with AI, according to the moderators of the r/opensource subreddit. “The long story short, if your project uses AI, is made by AI, or is intended for AI, it’s not welcome on r/opensource. AI, as it exists today, is incongruent to this Open Source community,” wrote moderator Wolvereness on Saturday, in a post spotted by the Verge. Another rule says a project must not be “intended for AI,” meaning no human-written AI model context protocols (MCPs) or other AI-adjacent projects.

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