Kyle Kingsbury Says LLMs Erode Trust in Software and Documentation
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- Kyle Kingsbury
- What
- warns LLMs erode trust in documentation, software, and the organizations that produce them
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More broadly, the use of LLMs erodes trust in documentation, in software, and in the organizations which produce them.
What happened
Kyle Kingsbury argues that LLM use makes it easier to counterfeit signals of a mature software system, eroding trust in software, documentation, and the organizations that produce them. He asks how maintainers can ensure software and documentation are accurate and show users their quality. The remarks are quoted from “Jepsen results for ParticleDB 1.1.4.”
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Kyle Kingsbury warned that LLM use makes signs of mature software easier to counterfeit, arguing that this erodes trust in software, documentation, and the organizations that produce them. In remarks from “Jepsen results for ParticleDB 1.1.4,” quoted by Simon Willison, Kingsbury asked how maintainers can ensure their software and documentation are accurate and demonstrate that quality to users.
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