So it's time for a little #DuckDuckFedi: I used to use a piece of software called #OwnCast for self-hosting livestreams. It seemed like a nice package that combined the video with a good display and a reasonably effective chat.

When I went to the repo today to start working on a reinstall, I noticed that they have added instructions for AI contributions. While there are no commits that I can see that have AI as a co-author, we all know that doesn't really mean anything - especially since vibe coders are going out of their way now to hide the use of AI so they can infect more projects.

So my question is: Does anyone have a recommendation for a self-hosted livestreaming package like OwnCast that does NOT use or allow the use of AI in contributions?

Thank you for any help with this! :bear_love:

#Livestreaming #SelfHosting

This is just *precious*. Anubis, the "savior" that people turned to in order to slow down AI scraping, is AI slop itself and the author is pro-AI.

https://snac.lab8.cz/pmjv/p/1783894771.571364

Stuck and thinking about paws and website building. Maybe adding a "spicy" area to mine; it would have to be a new subdomain or a directory not directly linked from the front page. Would that be something folks would like? 🥹👉👈

*stares in Gentoo*

...Yeah I'm glad I did that migration when I did. I just hope for the systems that still have Mint on them that I have to maintain that they don't import this AI garbage.

https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/116682051712788846

Re: https://fedi.copyleft.org/@ossguy/116422078885364618

I'm a systems admin. When I deploy and maintain things, I need to know that I can trust those things and the people who develop them. AI generated slop code isn't just about development - people who act like it is are missing out on a whole group of stakeholders. So by saying "Yeah we're cool with AI; bring it on in!" you're taking an entire group of people who have voices and needs of our own and telling us to piss up a rope - accept the AI generated security holes and instability and like it, plebs.

And I won't do that. That shows me plainly that I can't trust the people and the project that allows it. So I have to walk away and find something else.

The people I serve as their sysadmin deserve better than just giving up and rolling over while AI generated crap floods the market. Yes, it makes my life infinitely harder because I am constantly playing "AI-Whack-a-Mole" with various pieces of software and trying to juggle available features with security and privacy, but the people who trust me do so precisely BECAUSE I am willing to put in the work. They know that I will absolutely, without hesitation, go to war against these AI grifters and supporters who want us to just roll over and take it. And I'm not going to stop just because "well some people might lie!" - That's not a reason to stop; that's an excuse for boosters to do what they were going to anyway.

AI generated slop isn't just a developer issue. It never has been. And I am sick and tired of pretending that it is.

And this, folks, is a huge part of why I've left Bluesky personally and (hopefully soon) professionally as well.

https://wandering.shop/@xgranade/116416682300180733

ChatGPT: Gives detailed information on how best to commit a mass shooting, without needing any jailbreaking.

Shooter: Does it.

Mike Masnick (predicted): "Don't blame the AI for giving detailed instructions; AI is blameless and does not contribute ANYTHING to real world harms! Deregulate AI!"

Gee. What a "surprise." I've been yelling about Proton for a while now and get shouted down every time by the stans. Maybe this will wake up a few cult members?

https://fosstodon.org/@Gina/116340915546482723

Mike Masnick of Techdirt has lost his entire goddamn mind. AI is anathema to the open web, not its goddamn savior! And I think what gets me the most is his brazen admission that he has never truly CREATED; he even attributes his early years to just copy/pasting other people's code and calling it his own.

On brand for an AI lover, I suppose.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/

Hey @gryphonmyers @davidgerard @xgranade @mcc @zzt y'all might be interested in this article from one of the most prominent members of Bluesky's board of directors - direct evidence he has fully succumbed to AI psychosis in a major way.

So I get my @gentoo system up and running on OpenRC. "Cool," I think, "I am avoiding the AI and age shit!"

I see a post about Open Slopware come up.

"Okay, let's take a loo- CURL!? VLC??? I have both of those as hard dependencies that I don't know how to avoid; shit. Okay, what else? Jellyfin? PYTHON??? How the blue blazes do I avoid this? Harfbuzz? Oh, God, that's in so much stuff... LVM2!? My data's about to explode; isn't it. Oh, and to top it off, the whole-ass Linux kernel itself."

Fuck me running, folks. How in the world do I dodge all this? When pillars of the FOSS community have turned to AI in a way that infects damn near everything else, what's left?

They want to shove AI into SystemD. They want to make Linux just a world of AI slop like Windows and MacOS is.

No.

I am going to do what I want to one way or another, and use what I want to one way or another, and they can bite my soft little behind if they think that will change.

Hello, ​@gentoo@fosstodon.org  - How nice to see you. Please continue being your lovely anti-AI self and we'll be just fine. :heart_red:

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