I’ve written my thoughts on both the threads already, but I also want to express how disappointed I am that there hasn’t been a response from a maintainer on either for over a week now.
For me, it’s not just the fact that AI is on the MOTD, it’s the staunch defence of it despite the wide criticism and not taking into consideration the people this is affecting. I’m interested in translating JOSM, but the Launchpad software is very difficult (for me) to work with. The response I got from Stoecker was to export the file and use a different software that is outdated and now superseded, and still extremely limited in terms of functionality. If the JOSM maintainers are open to using gen AI, why should I spend hours of my time volunteering when what I could submit could be overwritten with AI at any given time?
AI is not going to proofread itself, it’s not going to check for consistency with translations for other editors, and it’s hardly going to make up its own terms when there aren’t any.
You can’t have your cake and eat it.
Edit: I’m not going to contribute any more translations and I’ve also uninstalled JOSM. The best way to go about this is to apologise, move to a proper translation software, and stop using AI.