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Debian developer Antoine Le Gonidec resigns after option allowing corporate LLM use without disclosure wins vote (lists.debian.org)

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[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago (1 child)

llms are a 'fascist backed technology'

That's a factual statement.

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[–] lurkerlady@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Do you think China is fascist? They also back LLMs.

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[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 child)

You are unfairly characterizing Antoine's behavior as fash jacketing.

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[–] lurkerlady@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

You didn't answer the question. What I am saying is it is nonsensical to say something is 'fascist backed' unless you are taking a moralizing stance on a technology as a whole. Banning all LLMs is clearly bad imo, but it makes sense to care about the origin of an LLM.

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[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Banning all LLMs and discussing acceptable exceptions is how a community could actually end up with a culture of responsible LLM use.

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[–] lurkerlady@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

That is categorically not banning all LLMs, though. And again, do you think China is fascist?

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[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

People are acting real fucking weird about LLMs in leftist spaces and even in general, yeah I get it a lot about it is gross as hell but I think we can afford ourselves a bit of nuance here as a treat.

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