Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 08:33:46 +0100
> On Jan 3, 2026, at 8:09 PM, Frederick Virchanza Gotham via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden]>
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> I was able to implement the chimeric pointer in the GNU g++ compiler because ChatGPT taught me how to . . . it was a long conversation spanning many hours over many days, with me hitting Rebuild dozens of times and waiting a half-hour for each rebuild, but I got it working in the end, and I wouldn't have pulled it off without the assistance of an LLM.
Then I do hope that your proposal does not include any of your code. The main reason why LLMs are not allowed is not because they are “shameful” or because people are annoyed by them. The main problem is a legal one: So far it is unclear if an LLMs creates a copyright violation if text/code is too similar to something it has learned from. The ISO standard cannot mandate something that might have legal problems. This is the best way to kill a standard. How are you making sure that your code is free of patents? This might be less of a problem for closed source as it is harder to find, but it is a huge problem for open source where everyone can easily find copyright or patent violations.
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> I was able to implement the chimeric pointer in the GNU g++ compiler because ChatGPT taught me how to . . . it was a long conversation spanning many hours over many days, with me hitting Rebuild dozens of times and waiting a half-hour for each rebuild, but I got it working in the end, and I wouldn't have pulled it off without the assistance of an LLM.
Then I do hope that your proposal does not include any of your code. The main reason why LLMs are not allowed is not because they are “shameful” or because people are annoyed by them. The main problem is a legal one: So far it is unclear if an LLMs creates a copyright violation if text/code is too similar to something it has learned from. The ISO standard cannot mandate something that might have legal problems. This is the best way to kill a standard. How are you making sure that your code is free of patents? This might be less of a problem for closed source as it is harder to find, but it is a huge problem for open source where everyone can easily find copyright or patent violations.
Received on 2026-01-04 07:34:00