The impact of AI on open-source code and ideas

Blurb/thought I had this week when seeing a number of new ideas being shared in the form of open-source projects:

If there's an upside to AI generated code it is that it’s boosting the availability of open-source code (and thus sharing of ideas captured by that code).

Couple of thoughts on why this happens:

• A lot of projects that are being released are projects people used to get their hands dirty and are PoCs of sorts
• Because AI makes it so much faster and easier to turn an idea into code, people don't feel the need to guard their work or demand payment like they used to
• I guess they also realise that with AI, it’s now very easy for others to replicate what they’ve built anyway

That doesn't mean all the code is good code. But it does mean an influx of ideas that are openly being shared in the form of code. That's a win for all of us.