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  • Daniël Franke :panheart:ainmosni@ainmosni.eu
    Jul 15, 2026, 2:53 PM

    I love how all these open source projects are accepting LLM generated stuff, and when called out on it, they will quickly mention that "this is not the place to debate the ethics of AI".

    So my question for everyone saying that is... if not now, when? When will we discuss if the source of the thing you're trying to ram through our throats is acceptable? When will we discuss if you normalising the damage the LLM companies are doing to create these tools is acceptable?

    Or are we just going to ignore all the bullshit because it is (according to you) "useful"?

    I bet people thought labour from kids sent to the mines was useful... Or that the results from inhumane studies were also useful...

    So, I ask of you again, when IS the time and place to discuss the ethical ramifications of you using these things? Because it never seems to be the time for it somehow, isn't that interesting?

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  • Anthonyabucci@buc.ci
    Jul 15, 2026, 7:30 PM
    @ainmosni@ainmosni.eu
    "this is not the place to debate the ethics of AI"
    They did debate the ethics of AI, and found them acceptable. The debate was not public, possibly not even conscious. But a decision was made: AI was previously not used, and now it is.

    So, the subtext of a statement like this is they are asserting power. They proclaim that your opinion has no place in the decisionmaking process about AI. They proclaim this because they believe they have the power to exclude you, and are attempting to exercise that power.

    That's one way I read such statements, personally.

    @jens@social.finkhaeuser.de
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