AI and the Future of Open Source: Tool, Teammate, or Threat?
“The debate isn’t whether AI can write code. The debate is whether AI can become a responsible member of an open source community.” The New Divide in Open Source The open source community has survived many revolutions. Git replaced centralized version control. GitHub changed collaboration. Continuous Integration automated testing. Static analysis found bugs before humans did. Generative AI is different. For the first time, developers are asking a question that isn’t just technical. ...