I’m subscribed to !selfhosted@lemmy.world, yet I never saw this post show up. I can’t find it with a direct search on lemmy.ml either but the instance is listed here.
Am I misunderstanding how federation works? Or is there a reason why this post is not available on lemmy.ml?
I see, is there a reason why you don’t just link to the GitHub repository (or better yet, use Codeberg)? Seems a bit strange to have the logo there when it goes to a different domain. This project looks like it could be useful.
Edit: I found the contribute pages, I’m assuming you did it this way for those that wish to stay anonymous (e.g: Tor visitors).
Is this a repost? I’m sure I saw a post like this already a few days ago.
How would you even verify “did this project use an LLM”?
There are different ways, checking if a CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md or SKILLS.md file is present is often enough. Obviously this isn’t bullet proof but it’s better than no disclosure in my opinion.
disclosure tag doesn’t change whether the code is accurate, safe or good.
I didn’t say it has to be a tag, what I had in mind was a simple disclosure in the post description explaining how you used AI for the project (or just a simple “this project is AI assisted” if you dont know the extent, e.g: projects that aren’t yours).
I don’t necessarily have an issue with experienced developers using AI to write the code for them which is what I mean with “when not used correctly”. I do take issue with inexperienced developers that create privacy related software without proper knowledge of what their code actually does (AKA vibe-coding) and going around promoting it as “privacy-friendly” and “secure” while that may not be the case.
Maybe there are better ways to go about this though, which is partly why I created this post.
I’m trying to look at this from a neutral point of view which is why I believe enforcing a disclosure, when (AI) models are used, would benefit the community.
I believe using models can harm privacy when not used correctly because they’re more likely to output misleading or outright incorrect information due to “hallucinations”. And from my experience, more often than not is this the case with the projects I see.
I’m curious what others think about this, if you disagree, please let me know why.
Ah, that makes sense. Thank you! I might eventually look into self-hosting an instance so I don’t have to keep migrating.