📝 Add contribution instructions about LLM generated code and comments and automated...

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diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-manager.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-manager.yml
index 137ed16de33b194899d082126a9f5993fb143b6e..6ef79640a4a8b45ba99187ca33a76a325ef35936 100644 (file)
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-manager.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-manager.yml
@@ -41,11 +41,15 @@ jobs:
                 "message": "As this PR has been waiting for the original user for a while but seems to be inactive, it's now going to be closed. But if there's anyone interested, feel free to create a new PR.",
                 "reminder": {
                     "before": "P3D",
-                    "message": "Heads-up: this will be closed in 3 days unless there’s new activity."
+                    "message": "Heads-up: this will be closed in 3 days unless there's new activity."
                 }
               },
               "invalid": {
                 "delay": 0,
                 "message": "This was marked as invalid and will be closed now. If this is an error, please provide additional details."
+              },
+              "maybe-ai": {
+                "delay": 0,
+                "message": "This was marked as potentially AI generated and will be closed now. If this is an error, please provide additional details, make sure to read the docs about contributing and AI."
               }
             }

diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
index 81a6d52c79be814593112b3a190c647008425527..eaa2a5df46fc8d047d630fd34b1629feceb1c038 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -158,3 +158,39 @@ This helps to make sure that:
 * The documentation is up-to-date.
 * The documentation examples can be run as is.
 * Most of the features are covered by the documentation, ensured by test coverage.
+
+## Automated Code and AI
+
+You are encouraged to use all the tools you want to do your work and contribute as efficiently as possible, this includes AI (LLM) tools, etc. Nevertheless, contributions should have meaningful human intervention, judgement, context, etc.
+
+If the **human effort** put in a PR, e.g. writing LLM prompts, is **less** than the **effort we would need to put** to **review it**, please **don't** submit the PR.
+
+Think of it this way: we can already write LLM prompts or run automated tools ourselves, and that would be faster than reviewing external PRs.
+
+### Closing Automated and AI PRs
+
+If we see PRs that seem AI generated or automated in similar ways, we'll flag them and close them.
+
+The same applies to comments and descriptions, please don't copy paste the content generated by an LLM.
+
+### Human Effort Denial of Service
+
+Using automated tools and AI to submit PRs or comments that we have to carefully review and handle would be the equivalent of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack" class="external-link" target="_blank">Denial-of-service attack</a> on our human effort.
+
+It would be very little effort from the person submitting the PR (an LLM prompt) that generates a large amount of effort on our side (carefully reviewing code).
+
+Please don't do that.
+
+We'll need to block accounts that spam us with repeated automated PRs or comments.
+
+### Use Tools Wisely
+
+As Uncle Ben said:
+
+<blockquote>
+With great <strike>power</strike> <strong>tools</strong> comes great responsibility.
+</blockquote>
+
+Avoid inadvertently doing harm.
+
+You have amazing tools at hand, use them wisely to help effectively.