On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM Christian Mazakas via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
...generating a review really defeats the purpose, which is why it didn't land.
Yes and I think I should have been more clear: AI will NEVER write a meaningful review which includes an acceptance outcome. For the simple reason that the attention strategy of LLMs is incapable of exercising the creative discretion which has been and is still currently an exclusive feature of human cognition. However these systems are still creating value in many industries and our goal with this research is to figure out how it might create value for Boost. It is clear that the generative output provokes strong emotions, for predictable reasons. No one wants to be replaced. I think this is an irrational fear, for Boost at least, I don't see any current or near-future technologies capable of doing the type of work that we do. Given the sharply negative reaction I think we will put this project on hold and continue exploring how AI might assist us in other ways. For example, we are building an agent to analyze the entire archive of mailing list posts and propose topical keywords. And also to categorize each post, in particular to identify conversations tied to formal reviews so we can index and display such posts on the corresponding Library page. Hopefully this will be non-controversial, and there will be no visible generated AI content that might annoy people. If anyone is interested in participating in this and other projects please reach out, this is an exciting area of research and I hope we can get some concrete results which will be positive for Boost. Thanks