Godot maintainers overwhelmed by 'AI slop' contributions

Open-source development relies on collaborative contributions, but generative LLMs are sending maintainers of the Godot game engine a steady stream of AI-generated code from contributors who may not understand the changes they submit. Rémi Verschelde, a primary Godot maintainer, calls these "AI slop" pull requests and says they are "becoming increasingly draining and demoralizing for Godot maintainers." He says maintainers now "find ourselves having to second guess every PR from new contributors, multiple times per day," noting verbose LLM descriptions and uncertainty about authorship, testing and the accuracy of results.

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