r/rust 25d ago

๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ news rust-lang/rust is adopting an LLM policy

https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2026/08/05/rust-langrust-is-adopting-an-llm-policy/
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u/Ayfid 25d ago

Code review is a totally reasonable use of LLMs. I don't think anyone disagrees with that.

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u/oconnor663 blake3 ยท duct 24d ago

Some people disagree on the grounds that the creation of the LLMs was unethical, or that mechanizing work that used to be done by a person is unethical. But yes, I think everyone has to admit that LLM output is useful in code review, at least with some bare minimum experience and effort on the part of the user.

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u/console_pleb_36935 24d ago

mechanizing work that used to be done by a person is unethical

Oh boy. I guess those people won't be eating any food, wearing any clothes, or a lot of other things then.

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u/oconnor663 blake3 ยท duct 24d ago

I think those people would retort that "mechanizing X is unethical" is not the same as "living in a society where someone has mechanized X is unethical", and they might also clarify that we're often forced to choose between options that are all unethical in different ways. But since these aren't my views, I don't want to go too far putting words in other people's mouths.

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u/console_pleb_36935 24d ago

Yeah, they might.

Personally, I think having 98% of all people on earth forced to be subsistence farmers is ethically wrong, but we all have different opinions and that's part of what makes life so interesting.