Is AI Killing Open Source Software?

AWS Head of Open Source Strategy Stormy Peters argues AI isn't killing open source but is rapidly undermining its social and economic foundations. Key problems include AI-generated 'slop' flooding maintainers with low-quality bug reports and pull requests, a 1.7x increase in code issues from AI-generated code, and expert developers being slowed down by 19% when using AI tools. The cURL project saw 16 worthless security bounty submissions in 8 hours as an example. Peters recommends concrete responses: invest in documentation, create AI usage guidelines, require attribution of AI-assisted code, don't submit what you don't understand, and reduce dependency chains. She frames this as a 1-2 year transition crisis requiring immediate attention from project leaders and corporate sponsors.