Cappy IshiharaCappy's Manifesto
If something is possible, it will eventually happen.
This is a true fact of life, it's physics, its entropy. It's human nature.
Abuse cannot and should not be preempted by restriction.
Every invention, every discovery, every piece of software will one day be used against your ideals.
Against you.
That’s the cost of creating things that matter.
Computer vision isn't just for counting bananas or driving cars—it's used everyday to mark people for
death on a screen, people who would be bombed before anyone would even cry.
AI won't just summarize your emails or give you answers to your stupid questions.
It will profile, discriminate, exclude, exploit. Because it's all just humans behind the scenes.
It was never the tool's fault, it never was. It was always us all along.
Human nature drives toxic behavior, not tools. It was always our fault.
Putting arbitary restrictions on code is not justice, it's cowardice.
It's disrespecting the utility of what you have built—the very idea of utility itself.
A sword is meant to cut.
A hammer to strike.
An axe to hack.
We don’t tape foam to the blade because someone might get hurt. We respect the danger. We accept it.
So why should we treat software any differently?
If you fear what your creation can do, don’t create it.
But don’t cripple it for others. Don’t wrap it in moral tape and call that freedom.
Regulation is tyranny.
Trying to regulate and/or prevent your tools to be used in a certain way is inherently non-free.
It might make your conscience feel better, but in the end you're a cop-out.
Software—just like physical tools—is utilitarian.
Use it to its full extent, or get the fuck out.
You can't control what others do with your code.
And trying to do so only hurts the ones who might’ve used it to build something greater.
You can't just say you wrote software to hack some proprietary hardware or vice versa, and then just say:
"Oh, but it's for ethical purposes only! You can't use it for piracy". Because someone eventually will.
Trying to enforce usage in fear of persecution is cowardly. Own up to your damn code.
A custom firmware for a game console will eventually be used to pirate games, don't bother trying to
frame it otherwise for corporate ninjas.
Piracy will always be achieved one way or another, because it's entropy.
Own up to it, and stand up for yourself. Fight anyone who dares to oppress.
Be it corporate PIs, Gangsters, or men in black.
Grab a gun, a bat, a blunt weapon...
And rally.
Will you stand for true freedom and anarchy?
Or will you impose your own "morals", and gatekeep out of cowardice?
Build without fear.
Fight with pride.
Release without guilt.
And let your code do its thing.
If something is possible, it will eventually happen.
This is a true fact of life, it's physics, its entropy. It's human nature.
Abuse cannot and should not be preempted by restriction.
Every invention, every discovery, every piece of software will one day be used against your ideals.
Against you.
That’s the cost of creating things that matter.
Computer vision isn't just for counting bananas or driving cars—it's used everyday to mark people for
death on a screen, people who would be bombed before anyone would even cry.
AI won't just summarize your emails or give you answers to your stupid questions.
It will profile, discriminate, exclude, exploit. Because it's all just humans behind the scenes.
It was never the tool's fault, it never was. It was always us all along.
Human nature drives toxic behavior, not tools. It was always our fault.
Putting arbitary restrictions on code is not justice, it's cowardice.
It's disrespecting the utility of what you have built—the very idea of utility itself.
A sword is meant to cut.
A hammer to strike.
An axe to hack.
We don’t tape foam to the blade because someone might get hurt. We respect the danger. We accept it.
So why should we treat software any differently?
If you fear what your creation can do, don’t create it.
But don’t cripple it for others. Don’t wrap it in moral tape and call that freedom.
Regulation is tyranny.
Trying to regulate and/or prevent your tools to be used in a certain way is inherently non-free.
It might make your conscience feel better, but in the end you're a cop-out.
Software—just like physical tools—is utilitarian.
Use it to its full extent, or get the fuck out.
You can't control what others do with your code.
And trying to do so only hurts the ones who might’ve used it to build something greater.
You can't just say you wrote software to hack some proprietary hardware or vice versa, and then just say:
"Oh, but it's for ethical purposes only! You can't use it for piracy". Because someone eventually will.
Trying to enforce usage in fear of persecution is cowardly. Own up to your damn code.
A custom firmware for a game console will eventually be used to pirate games, don't bother trying to
frame it otherwise for corporate ninjas.
Piracy will always be achieved one way or another, because it's entropy.
Own up to it, and stand up for yourself. Fight anyone who dares to oppress.
Be it corporate PIs, Gangsters, or men in black.
Grab a gun, a bat, a blunt weapon...
And rally.
Will you stand for true freedom and anarchy?
Or will you impose your own "morals", and gatekeep out of cowardice?
Build without fear.
Fight with pride.
Release without guilt.
And let your code do its thing.
Kevin Karhan 