2026-10-11 09:32 UTC
Is using AI as bad as child labour?
I don’t believe so. But i don’t believe in copyright laws either. If a developer chooses to use AI it’s their choice.
Obviously best case scenario is they use a local open weights model. I believe this will be more commonplace in a few years.
I think a skilled developer using AI to improve open source software is a case of the ends justifying the means.
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@HetareKing@piefed.social 2026-10-11 11:17
Analogies are comparisons of structure, not intensity. There are a lot of things that are “not as bad” as child labour, that doesn’t make them OK. But i don’t believe in copyright laws either. Do you believe in the goals of the GPL? Because you have to admit, the way AI works, regardless of whether you frame it as “theft” or “copyright infringement” or not, is at odds with those goals.