Establish an AI-generated code policy

[scarzehd]

The inclusion of AI-generated code in Godot 4.6 and 4.6 concerns many users. I believe establishing a clear, official policy on this is the best way to move forward.

Personally, I think the only viable option is to bar all AI-generated code moving forward.

[AThousandShips]

There already is a policy here and work is being done on an updated version

[Meorge]

Are there plans to open up the updated version's draft to community discussion and feedback before finalizing it?

[AThousandShips]

Not that I know of

[Meorge]

I was initially thinking it'd be a good idea to do so, that way the response isn't "this isn't good enough, do better!" and the internal Godot team has to go back to the drawing board.

But as I think about it more, I feel like it's predictable what positions people will take on various possible policies, so opening it up for public discussion would just get an expected set of responses... 😅

[NostalgiaNinja]

My question is that if people are wanting to bar all AI-generated code moving forward, what is needed for that to happen? How do you repair trust in people who already have had their trust broken?

As far as I recall, lead contributors to the project have already made mention (and lamented) of how exhausting it is to be hit with AI-related spam and that there aren't enough people filtering it out and working through it. Who among the people wanting this change are contributing to fixing the problem?

Dunno, might just be me, but I feel like FOSS has always had a problem of people complaining about things before contributing to the project itself. I don't have the experience or the know-how to do so, but I'd appreciate the open discussion about this.

[scarzehd]

Low-quality AI-generated PRs with little to no human-written code aren't really the issue at hand here because they're already prohibited by the existing AI policy.

Filtering PRs like that will be the same regardless of whether we bar all AI-generated code.

At the very least, lead Godot contributors should not be using AI in their contributions as was the case with 4.7.

[AThousandShips]

The blog announcing the new guidelines is up, the specific wording is not published yet but this establishes the outline

[NostalgiaNinja]

This answers a lot of the concerns that I've had regarding Godot's usage, thanks!