Wave of Automated Everything

OpenAI outgrows its original mission, generative LLM software overwhelms open source maintainers, and several projects attempt to distinguish human from bot contributors. 🔗 Links My journey to the microwave alternate timeline Mastodon is for the people “My Friends Are Not for Sale” T-shirts OpenAI’s mission statement evolution AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects Respectful Open Source Vouch Good Egg You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

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