Note on Contributor Poker and Zig’s AI Ban via kristoff.it

So while one could in theory be a valid contributor that makes use of LLMs, from the perspective of contributor poker it’s simply irrational for us to bet on LLM users while there’s a huge pool of other contributors that don’t present this risk factor. The people who remarked on how it’s impossible to know if a contribution comes from an LLM or not have completely missed the point of this policy and are clearly unaware of contributor poker. For us the ability to provide contributors with an engaging ecosystem where they can improve their systems thinking and interact with other competent, trusted and prolific engineers is a critical aspect of our business model. As I’ve mentioned before, Zig is able to punch well above its funding class because we put huge effort in thinking about technical, social and business management issues that surround the project. FROM: kristoff.it Contributor Poker and Zig's AI Ban Source Contributor Poker is playing the player, not the code/cards. They’re…