It’s already kind of happening. The Curl project is having a really bad time. No idea if the “bug” submissions are themselves automated, but the content of the filings are pure AI nonsense.
There was this post on Reddit listing some PRs opened by AI at .NET: https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/1krttqo/my_new_hobby_watching_ai_slowly_drive_microsoft/?share_id=ks1HasJ2tqDuCOW6TCYTz
It’s pretty funny and depressing at the same time…
Thats the one I remember. Its so funny some of the comments in the GH PRs and Issues themselves.
On a side note, im seeing more and more people transfer over to Codeberg and other such git alternatives. Ive used GH for over 15 years and its interesting to see the shifting occurring. Then again, to those of us that have been online for a while, it feels like the natural order of things. GH is trying to get as much $$ as they can (which includes AI) and its new features are becoming tied to monitary components. Meanwhile the community is making things its users actually want.