Talk of AI in KDE sets the community ablaze
There may be no survivors.*Last weekend was KDE's annual Akademy conference and it included a presentation proposing an AI-native KDE. We noted that it seemed likely to polarize the audience. It looks like this was a considerable understatement.In the days since, a debate over proposed restrictions on LLM-assisted contributions descended into bans and a deleted thread.
- ▪There may be no survivors.*Last weekend was KDE's annual Akademy conference and it included a presentation proposing an AI-native KDE.
- ▪We noted that it seemed likely to polarize the audience.
- ▪It looks like this was a considerable understatement.In the days since, a debate over proposed restrictions on LLM-assisted contributions descended into bans and a deleted thread.
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