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Man, every part of this blog post sucks.
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/15/eternal-november-generative-ai-llm/
This is what happens to discourse when the focus is on whether AI tools "work," necessarily a complex and shifting topic that gives bad-faith actors lots of room to sow confusion, and not on the ethical catastrophe caused by adopting or allowing AI products into OSS development processes.
Many people may recall Eternal September (in 1993) — when Usenet membership increased overwhelmingly — marking the annual September rush of student joins. The ensuing moderation challenges changed the culture of Usenet (the largest Internet discussion fora back then). Many early Usenet adopters left; they reconnected with their communities elsewhere. While this onslaught of “newbies” knew little of Usenet's traditional cultural norms, they nonetheless benefitted greatly from these novel connections to discuss and learn together with people worldwide. The times were turbulent then, but eventually new cultural norms emerged.
If this system exists at all, then everyone subject to it is one state-coerced software update from away from their computer working for them only at the whim of that state. Age, gender, race, disability, debt, credit rating, citizenship, neighborhood, search history, political affiliation, all of that plus the state itself is one breach away from no computer working - or only the _right people's_ computers working, you understand - at all.
Age verification is the footgun of public democracy.
Another wild fear tactic being pressed on tech workers right now is the “permanent underclass.”
Idk anyone who’s is worried about this myself.
But to those who are worried about this:
Class struggles will not be fixed by getting “in” on AI. It’ll be fixed by collective action and labor rights.
Proposal to replace "my brother in Christ" with "my comrade in the coming revolution".
Pros:
* Assumes the best in people
* Gender neutral
* Does not enshrine Christian hegemony
* Counterrevolutionaries, liberals, and status quo defenders can have a little minor irritation as a treat
Cons:
None
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