Cassandra is only carbon nowFeb 20
No, opposing LLMs isn't "purity culture." I've seen this now from quite a few different people, and I disagree vehemently. It is good, actually, to have moral principles and hold to them, even when people with more money than you find said principles annoying.
Show threadcthos 🐱Feb 20

@xgranade My dude is torching his own credibility to use an LLM to check for typos.

TYPOS.

Show threadkomali_2
@cthos I think that's less an indictment of Doctorow and more one of the never-LLM crowd, who have clearly become dogmatic Puritans
Feb 21 at 11:57amWeb
Show threadMikalaiFeb 21
@komali_2 @cthos
Is it possible, that this pattern of "puritanity" is what's counterproductive, here and in other places?
Show threadkomali_2Feb 21

@mikalai I strongly believe yes. Someone else pointed out that this might be something inherent to American progressives - lingering puritanical values that make their analysis focus on whether something or someone has been "tainted" (has sinned) or not.

Every time I get on this site I see American libs and lefties yelling at each other about some aesthetic slight, meanwhile ICE is kicking down doors and shooting people... Seems like a time to focus on solidarity above all else.

Show threadMikalaiFeb 21
@komali_2
Not just Americans. There is warm bias that seduces us into this behaviour, and, ..., not only in America, c'mon.
Show threadkomali_2Feb 21
@mikalai you're probably right, I just mostly hear from Americans
Show threadMikalaiFeb 21
@komali_2
Ask American why he/she is. There might be, with high probability, in their past, them or parents, or grand, didn't like somethiny in the old world. And chances are, that thing was a power play we don't like today.
Except now, there is nowhere to migrate. Yet, with tech, with tech we control, we mat better organise.
Show threadStephen 🌈 (he/him)Feb 22
@komali_2 @mikalai It is hard to have solidarity with people who call you names.
Show threadStephen 🌈 (he/him)Feb 22
@[email protected] @[email protected] You can take your straw man somewhere else and burn it.
Show threadStephen 🌈 (he/him)Feb 22
@[email protected] Fuck you. Sincerely, one of the “puritans” you have so eloquently labeled.