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Add a policy for AI code. - #652
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Referencing the ARC-wide AI dev policy. Resolves #649.
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The policy link is ambiguous and does not explicitly address agent-only pull requests.
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Adds AI-assisted contribution guidance to CONTRIBUTING.md, referencing the ARC-wide policy.
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- Documents acceptable AI assistance and contributor responsibility.
- Adds ARC policy references.
- Clarifies expectations for focused pull requests.
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CONTRIBUTING.md |
Adds AI contribution guidance and policy references. |
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Hi both :)
I looked at this policy when it was going around and it looks amazing! Do you also have something for people who are not "owners" / "maintainers" of a project? More specifically, new contributors to an open-source project (for instance, a UCL student sending a PR to this repository).
I am having quite a few discussions around this topic, and while I am completely against newcomers using AI (as that defeats the point of them learning things), there are a quite few valid points in favour of allowing it (they'll start hiding AI usage if we keep closing AI PRs, AI adoption is accelerating and we can't run away from it, some repositories have failed to pick up long-lasting contributors even before the AI era, ...).
I could not find anything similar in the policy doc, but given that ARC came up with the doc, I was wondering if there have been similar discussions within ARC?
Thanks a lot!
Referencing the ARC-wide AI dev policy.
Resolves #649.