[pravj]

Extending on the same line, we will see programs like Google Summer of Code (GSoC) getting a massive revamp, or they will stop operating.

From my failed attempt, I remember that

- Students had to find a project matching their interests/skills and start contributing early.

- We used to talk about staying away from some projects with a low supply of students applying (or lurking in the GitHub/BitBucket issues) because of the complexity required for the projects.

Both of these acted as a creative filter for projects and landed them good students/contributors, but it completely goes away with AI being able to do that at scale.

[delfinom]

GSoC 4 years ago removed the need for their to be actual students to apply. We got flooded with middle aged men working 9-5s applying. It was dumb and we stopped participating. Their incentives were literally "extra income" instead of learning or participating beyond that.

[72deluxe]

But that sounds rewarding for the applicants, and the project?? The project gets code, and the guys get some money.

Being a middle aged man working 9 to 5, I would enjoy contributing to a project I was interested in rather than the boring job at work.

Are you saying you only wanted penniless youngsters to contribute, based entirely on their idealism?