and now a word on AI

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 # Contributing to SQLAlchemy
 
-Please see out current Developer Guide at [Develop](https://www.sqlalchemy.org/develop.html)
+For general developer guidelines, please see out current Developer Guide at
+[Develop](https://www.sqlalchemy.org/develop.html).
+
+## Note on use of AI, agents and bots ##
+
+Some of us here use large language models (LLM) to help us with our work, and
+some of us are even employer mandated to do so.   Getting help whereever you
+need is fine.
+
+However we must ask that **AI/LLM generated content is not spammed onto SQLAlchemy
+discussions, issues, or PRs**, whether this is cut and pasted, fully automated,
+or even just lightly edited.   **Please use your own words and don't come
+off like you're a bot**, because that only makes you seem like you're trying
+to gamify our organization for unearned gain.
+
+In particular, **users who post content that appears to be trolling for karma /
+upvotes / vanity commits / positive responses, whether or not this content is
+machine generated, will be banned**.  We are not a casino and we're not here
+to be part of gamification of any kind.
+
+