There's a bit of drama going on with the popular game manager Lutris right now, with users pointing out the developer using AI generated code via Claude.

sudo apt purge lutris r.i.p.

There should be a A.I. free Fork

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    331·
    2 days ago

    lol wow, apparently the stealthing was even more roundly ridiculed than the contributions - and rightly so:

    Update - 13/03/2026 11:10 UTC - The Lutris creator has restored the Claude attribution, with a comment noting “Since it’s such a big fuss, I’m putting the Claude attribution back”.

    Also, what an absolute limpdick way to respond. Dude seems like a complete chode who is missing the whole fucking point. If he is an “engineer with 30 years experience”, he should fucking know better.

    • LesserAbe@lemmy.world
      427·
      2 days ago

      I’m curious, are you a developer? I’m just a hobbyist but reading his comment on the article it seemed reasonable. The problem is the capitalist handling of technology, not the technology. And tools like Claude are actually very helpful with coding, provided you have an understanding of the subject matter and aren’t just copy pasting what it’s giving you.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        41·
        2 days ago

        Yes, I am. I just happen to be quite against the usage of CodeGen LLMs (and LLMs in general) for an absolute litany of reasons - based on topics including, but not limited to:

        • efficiency of implementation (it’s just enormous piles of markov chains brute forcing inputs into stochastic outputs; or: why aren’t we exploring analog implementations for this, which is a much better architectural fit in terms of the physical silicon)
        • energy impact (it’s massively spiking utility bills for shitloads of people, because the cost is being socialized)
        • ecolological (including auditory) and hydrological impact
        • economic impact (bubble tiem)
        • unbelievably huge licensing issues that are consistently hand-waved away or summarily dismissed without meaningful comment
        • double-standard of piracy (it’s ok if OpenAI does it, but it’s not ok if you do it)
        • societal impact, including how trivial it is now to generate completely fabricated text, visual, audio, and video content from effectively nothing
        • professional impact (leadership prioritizing AI bullshit over pretty much anything else)
        • impact on the domain and profession of computer science itself (companies have significantly cut back or eliminated hiring juniors/entry-levels)
        • hobbyist impact (where the fuck are homelabbers supposed to buy RAM and SSD nowadays, let alone GPUs?)

        I can go on, but I’ll leave it there for now.