behdadMar 4

HarfBuzz 13.0.0 released with new experimental features: `hb-vector` for vector output of glyph outlines to SVG and `hb-raster` for rasterizing glyphs to A8 / BGRA32 images, among other features.

I would like to welcome our new contributors: Claude & Codex, without whom these new features would not have been possible.

https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/tag/13.0.0

Release 13.0.0 · harfbuzz/harfbuzz

New experimental drawing and rendering libraries: New public hb-vector API for vector output of glyph outlines. The only supported output format currently is SVG. The new API is available in a sep...

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Show threadgaytabaseMar 4
@behdad extremely disappointed to hear harfbuzz now includes AI contributions. will be replacing harfbuzz in all my software accordingly.
Show threadbehdad
@dysfun Care to elaborate?
Mar 4 at 8:43pmWeb
Show threadgaytabaseMar 4
@behdad you're surely aware that many people cannot stand AI and do not trust its output, even aside from what it's doing to the labour market.
Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Mar 5

@dysfun @behdad

Does HarfBuzz parse things like the hinting tables in fonts? That’s traditionally been a source of a lot of security vulnerabilities and I wouldn’t be surprised if 90% of the things in the training set have vulnerabilities.

Show thread\u1f0a1Mar 5
@behdad @dysfun Is that a rhetorical question?
Show threadJulian HMar 5

@behdad @dysfun have you enclosed yourself in a rock with monkeys on typewriters, tech bros, and Elon Musk for the last ten years?

Asking this question is the equivalent to shitting on sometimes lawn and asking the neighbors to elaborate when they ask you to stop shitting on their lawn.

Show threadJulian HMar 5
@behdad @dysfun in case you need a list:
Energy use.
Forceful integration of ai by large companies who often steal copywrited/licensed material and scrape data in bad faith (such as ignoring robots.txt).
Major vulnerabilities and issues in software supposedly written by AI (see: Windows 11).
The lack of legislation making it unclear if AI generated material is compatible with code licenses.
I could go on.
Show threadchxMar 6
@julianh @behdad @dysfun Let's go on. LLMs are inherently a fascist technology created for explicit fascist purposes and backed by fascist billionaires. (One of the largest backers of it called Marinetti their patron saint.) It is extremely well suited to centralizing authority, eliminating checks on that authority and advancing an anti-science agenda. It furthers creating an alternative reality which is absolutely necessary for fascism to thrive.
Show threadcloudskater8h ago
@julianh @behdad @dysfun The most disheartening news of all to me was that Mastodon itself allows some AI "generated" code... I went open source and decentralized to get away from this stuff, and now I can't even recommend Mastodon with full confidence? What the fuck.