Posts by larsmb@mastodon.online
 (DIR) Post #B5jbyc2h8LiTBSeyNU by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       The FSF/OSI are, in my mind, often committed not to a better world, but to one in which all software is "free" or at least "open".The two worlds overlap, but are not the same picture.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5jc5wxRlks64whhrs by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       @futureisfoss @Sweetshark Sure. But using software to kill people is indeed lawful in most countries if the military does it. Palantir is legal. X is legal.Does that prevent someone immoral from breaking the terms? No. That's a far cry from insisting even the attempt is unethical.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5jc5xQW1g7jX6IvB2 by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       @Sweetshark @futureisfoss Sure. And you don't have to grant them a license either. Or insist they must be allowed to use it. I'd rather pick a "non-free" license than have Palantir as a user. I think that's a valid position to have. Can they ignore it? Sure.The FSF calling that "unethical", is, well, telling.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5l6H1GPIB6GOwj7JI by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       I can't be the only one to find this amusing.https://staysin.eu/sovereign.tech
       
 (DIR) Post #B6cBbdlae6vikxqBOq by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       @kuketzblog Diese Systeme wurden doch auch mit fragwürdigen Daten trainiert ...?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6reU106fVOXu7UpQe by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       More and more people just drop "share.google" links everywhere and I hate everything about this.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7QrDNzP4kuMRPyH3o by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       @Gargron @EUCommission The new platform explicitly caters to the far right and fascists though, sooo ...
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Y2rT6eX7UEPHHBKK by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       I think I've finally been able to condense what irks me about the @conservancy guidelines on #GenAI use for #FLOSS. Out of 14, only the first 2 relate positively towards not using these systems. The others are accommodations and even encouragement.That's ... remarkably biased and doesn't adequately reflect or even acknowledge the potential and real harms associated with them.The SFC used to be fairly principled. This does not appear to be. https://sfconservancy.org/llm-gen-ai/llm-backed-generative-ai-recommendations.html
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Y2rU72n9OTWmT0Zk by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       In the responses, I've also found the SFC associated folks fairly dismissive of criticism in that direction, while thanking those who support their stance of "it's okay actually".I'm reminded of OSAID. (aka industry capture)Iff more ethical systems existed, I could see the direction. But they do not.All of the current systems are fundamentally opposed to our shared values. Or, well, so I thought.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Y2rU7kkVxdYynZgG by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       @conservancy I think those guidelines are sensible and the minimum to mitigate the harms when the use is unavoidable.But given everything we know about these systems as of today, I think I'm missing a default recommendation.Rule 0: the only winning move is not to play.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Y2rUqm37yPobrWr2 by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       I know this is somewhat hypocritical. I'm also using them as part of my job, and I can't deny their situational utility. But I'm not going to pretend they're ethically defensible.(Individual vs systemic.)Organizations that want to be seen as leaders in the FLOSS space need to be able to hold that tension, and help limit their use.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Y2rVXJUy07wXlVA0 by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       Also the basic idea of shared values in "communities" that balk at whenever that might mildly inconvenience the majority (accessibility, DEI, health, ...) is, empirically, extremely naïve.Those things don't exist at scale.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7nSe7PU4F7V568lV2 by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       Fellas, a realistic cis-male self-image likely includes having "done wrong".Heck, I was brought up in the 1980s in rural Germany. "Of course" I believed shit (and did) that was, by my own standards of today, sexist as fuck. How would 10 year old me have known any better?Denial is not a strategy towards progress. Deal with it. And do better now.Don't, for fuck's sake, defensively double down.I'm so tired. (Not as tired as women*.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B7rfhuiRvSzEhrKLp2 by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       Diskussionsvorschlag: "German Economy Pride Flag"
       
 (DIR) Post #B7tojHEiy5hskJ4IMK by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       @fribbledom If this was illegal all large consulting companies and law firms would be in trouble
       
 (DIR) Post #B8SBNvdanGCXj5mm7U by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       @fribbledom PHP is the Playmobil Dollhouse.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8ckhYIA9kGGzN1SBU by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       First, I applaud #Codeberg 's community for taking a stance on "vibe coded" projects.And yet, "mostly" is a line which has me severely confused about what the stated intent really is.(I'm not going to nitpick the "written" vs "generated" phrasing.)>50% maybe? How does human-in-the-loop review & editing fit in?I think an appeal to ethics ("please don't, this is not the place for you if you rely on Generative AI") might have worked better. Time will tell.https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1253/files#GenAI
       
 (DIR) Post #B8ckhYZt5qRJsLJboO by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       RE: https://mastodon.online/@larsmb/116963011036002465Codeberg's blog post answers all of this and much more, and I think it's worth reading in detail even if you (mistakenly) disagree with their policy change.https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.htmlRT: https://mastodon.online/users/larsmb/statuses/116963011036002465
       
 (DIR) Post #B8ckhYi2bWxgHd87WK by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       I know this might read as nitpicking or diminishing their stance. Apologies, that's not my intent. I think Codeberg is quite right in taking one.I just hope it can be refined to better allow people to understand where the line is, _without_ needing a moderator's interpretation.I hope that'll evolve in practice, at least.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8ckhZCAnV43n5EBUG by larsmb@mastodon.online
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       Ironically, if #Codeberg really manages to establish itself as the mostly-GenAI-code-free forge, it'll be the prime target for all #GenAI scrapers to prevent/delay model collapse 🙃