diegoe3d ago
Baldur Bjarnason

One of the lessons that many in software strangely never learn is that breaking something while being an asshole gets a very different response from people than breaking something while not being an asshole

And, given how “AI” continues to pour shit on the rest of society, using LLMs is widely going to be perceived as an asshole move

For better or for worse, using LLMs in OSS is going to be seen as an adversarial move that undermines community building

Jun 7 at 9:59amWeb
Show thread𝓙. 𝓜.3d ago
@baldur the way I have seen it put is that "if you couldn't be arsed to spend the time writing the code yourself, why should we bother to spend the time reviewing it?"
Show threadLesley M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺3d ago
@baldur Some people haven't connected the dots re A.I. . The mass rush for A.I. datacenters is making the PC hobby completely unaffordable, with RAM, Storage, and GPU prices becoming unaffordable for the majority, and building resentment. I think a lot of peeps see using A.I. as supporting the very thing that is hurting everyones pockets right now, especially in some US states where Electricity cost are through the roof for infrastructure upgrades. ones that the A.I. companies should pay for.
Show threadTheriac3d ago
@baldur
#technicallyOC


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#AI no ai was used in the creation of this post though I presume anything attached to this account has already been trawled and I hope that by tagging it as AI, in my own small way, I manage to poison someone's LLM.
Show threadAssimilateborg3d ago
@baldur each time I suggest to use LLM to resolve a problem, coworkers more and more react with negativity. I love that! We are slowly going back to normality.
Show threadmirabilos🐈‍⬛3d ago

@assimilateborg @baldur dann schlag’s halt net vor.

Wobei… wenn ich mir das so ansehe…

[… I]n my long quest to find AI any use, I found "one shot usage programs". So you generate them once. […]

… dann bist Du auch ein LLM-Promoter.

Show threadAssimilateborg2d ago
@mirabilos @baldur und du fährst nur mit der bahn weil alle anderen "auto-promoter" sind wenn die es doch manchmal nützlich finden mit dem Auto wohin zu fahren wo die bahn nicht hin kommt.
Jeder Scheiss hat irgendwo doch eine Verwendung.
Und ich selbst nutze nicht mal diese one-shot LLM Sache weil das nicht mein Job ist. Hab nur die Konsequenzen davon zu spüren bekommen (viele Updates kurz nacheinander)
Show threadKoen Hufkens, PhD3d ago

@baldur But they will have communities of agents... cotcha  

*sarcasm*

Show thread707Kat3d ago
@baldur especially when the system they utilise is so fragile that plain english is looked on as “malware” and they can’t even be arsed to read the readme of the github repo before having their agents fetch.
Show threadMx. Aria Stewart3d ago
@baldur Sounds like a good adage here is "don't break things, spend the time getting it RIGHT"
Show threadTaco14h ago
@baldur I mean, the sad thing is not everyone is going to do it in a harmful way. The sentiment behind it is usually "I like this software and I like to help it" instead of "LOOK! My AI tool which is superior to you has found 2974 bugs, go fix them!" (although both sides exist unfortunately) so it is important to not be an asshole towards all AI contributors but make them understand what they are doing is harmful so they refrain from it.