2026-10-11 09:04 UTC
It might be a tool, but it is naïve not take all of its externalities into account.
From tante’s piece:
Usefulness is not an objective, fully abstract property: A thing is not useful for everyone or in general but mostly just for specific people in specific contexts. And useful never comes for free.
But let’s take a step back and use a different example: Child labor. Child labor is very “useful” if you want cheap labor. It’s 100% deplorable to use it or accept it.
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@mildseason@sopuli.xyz 2026-10-11 09:32
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.