Post #2750881

2026-03-24 16:22 UTC

@michelin@hachyderm.io Sorry, I don't buy it. Using these sh*t machines for any purpose -- no matter how laudable you may consider your own -- encourages the Big Tech CEO fascists to continue pushing the tech into every aspect of our lives. The only way to fight them, absent meaningful regulations, is to starve them of usage and income. There is no "safe level" of LLM usage, just as there is no "safe level" of drinking alcohol before driving. If you voluntarily use these systems, you are part of the problem. There are no exceptions.

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@michelin@hachyderm.io 2026-03-24 17:31

@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org hence the bitter Thank you for Smoking mortgage quote in the blog post. If I had been able to #FIRE and I'm just doing this for fun I'd be able to be more principled on this. So I mostly agree with you. "If you voluntarily use these systems" is key here - until the VC-driven AI craze meets its inevitable crash - maybe the energy crisis thanks to imperialistic hubris this year will trigger that - a lot of us are *coerced* to a greater or lesser extent to use these. I'm actually looking for AI-free projects to contribute to when I'm not being paid to do open source, so I'm watching the @debian@framapiaf.org and @guix@hachyderm.io discussions around AI policy with a mixture of curiosity and trepidation.

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@ell1e@hachyderm.io 2026-03-24 17:40

@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org @michelin@hachyderm.io I'm trying to figure out how the Linux Foundation is condoning this, perhaps you would find this interesting? https://hachyderm.io/@ell1e/116285351290767548 (Deepest apologies for hijacking the topic, but it seems relevant to LLM acceptance in tech.)

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