Post B4SL45rTXT11mx8uC8 by lumi@snug.moe
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 (DIR) Post #B4SL45rTXT11mx8uC8 by lumi@snug.moe
       2026-03-20T17:20:43.946Z
       
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       as i (and many others) are writing articles, posts, comments, etc against genai, i think it might be a good idea to come together and share reasons why genai is bad and should be rejectedso, in this thread, i'd like to request that you make your case against it, link sources, etcthis way we can all benefit from each other's effort and researchmaybe we can do this in a more organized way later on
       
 (DIR) Post #B4SL47WHNFFUvnF0Qy by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
       2026-03-20T17:48:05.537Z
       
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       @lumi@snug.moe I don't think the technology itself is evil. It's just a tool, and like any tool you can use it for good and evil.Like a sharp knife, you can use it to cut vegetables for cooking purposes, but you can also use it to commit murder.What I think people should reject is the proprietary SaaSS versions of "Genai" as you call it, such as services by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, etc.People that want to use "Genai" software they should strive for using those that are as free as in freedom as possible, which includes software that you can run locally, weights that can be modified and retrained, and training datasets that we can actually confirm contains no data with a proprietary license.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4SMF4PxLag8Ry4K1o by lumi@snug.moe
       2026-03-20T17:54:42.861Z
       
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       @SuperDicq i feel like to some extent you are correct. if we are going to have it, then it must be done with local models and only free softwarebut i feel like this technology has 99% downsides and 1% questionable upsides, and it's difficult to separate them, so i believe it's best to reject it outrightmaybe there will be a day in the future where that has to be reviewed, but i really don't think the incentive structure in current society is right to make this technology not harmful
       
 (DIR) Post #B4SMF5vtiJp59K1LSC by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
       2026-03-20T18:02:30.719Z
       
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       @lumi@snug.moe I think the technology can definitely be useful. I see definitely more than 1% of questionable upsides personally.So yeah in my opinion the companies that are trying to build an unethical monopoly = bad. The people who are currently trying to make free replacements for them = good.I don't like the "society is terrible and we are not ready for this technology" way of thinking. Every technology we currently have is being already being used for both good and bad things, just make sure you encourage the good use of it.If you want to fully reject a specific technology outright on the basis that some people use it for evil things that's in my opinion a one way ticket to becoming Ted Kaczynski type figure.