Open Source and AI

More and more frequently, I get asked about my stance on AI in the context of programming. This is my attempt to summarize my stance for those who wonder.

Erik “kusma” Faye-Lund
@kusma very well put!
@kusma a very eloquent summary of everything. a bot could never!!
@kusma Thanks for that 🙏
@kusma Thanks, this is a very good post.

@kusma

The "Keeping the brain active" part reminds me of something I posted way back:

https://floss.social/@jani/115146400583453613

@kusma A moral aspect you haven't mentioned is that the companies behind LLMs are happy to ignore how their products are heavily used to manipulate public opinion and undermine democracy. Profits being favoured over democratic values isn't new, but I think we're taking it to a new extreme here.