Comment by tosh

generative ai increases ambition, lowers barriers

more open source, better open source

perhaps also more forking (not only absolute but also relative)

contribution dynamics are also changing

I'm fairly optimistic that generative ai is good for open source and the commons

what I'm also seeing is open source projects that had not so great ergonomics or user interfaces in general are now getting better thanks to generative ai

this might be the most directly noticeable change for users of niche open source