No, the implication that "THING" is the cause of something and therefore something needs to be done must withstand the scrutiny of "other THINGS" also causing that thing, and therefore the solution is attacking either only one cause or not the real root cause.
The fact that bad reports have to be triage doesn't change with AI. What changed is the volume, clearly. So the reasonable response is not to blame "AI" but to ask for help with the added volume.
If HN gets flooded by AI spam, is the right response shutting down HN? spam is spam whether AI does it or a dedicated and coordinated large numbers of humans do it. The problem doesn't change because of who is causing it in this case.
The change in volume was the tipping point between bug bounties being offered and devs being able to handle bad reports, and bug bounty nixed because devs no longer willing to handle the floos.
And the root cause for the change in volume is generative AI.
So yes, this is causally related.
> The problem doesn't change because of who is causing it in this case.
Wrong.
Because SCALE MATTERS. Scale is the difference between a few pebbles causing a minor inconvenience, and a landslide destroying a house.
So whatever makes the pebbles become a landslide, changed the problem. Completely.
How can you say "wrong." and then go on to say scale matters, that means scale is the problem, not who is reporting it, you contradicted yourself.
We're in agreement that it is a scale issue. When something needs to scale, you address the scale problem. Obviously the devs can't handle this volume, and I agree with that there too. Our disagreement is the response.
I guarantee that if they asked for volunteers they'll get at least 100 within a week. They can filter by previous bug triage experience and experience with C and the code base. My suggestion is to let people other than the devs triage bug reports, that will resolve the scale problem. curl devs never have to see a bug not triaged by a human they've vetted. There is also no requirement on their part to respond to a certain number of bug reports, so with or without help, they can let the stack pile up and it will still be better than nothing.
