2026-02-08 22:59 UTC
@DaveLiddament@phpc.social @m1ke@phpc.social @mnapoli@phpc.social hmm, "value" is a funny word for it.
Try this: every time you use an LLM, imagine you just cut down an ancient oak instead. Yes I know they're not equivalent, but it reminds of the cost to humanity.
If you don't give a shit about trees, maybe imagine all the stolen works that LLMs were trained on. That could've been your very own content, stolen without asking, and currently raking in billions for other people that aren't you.
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@mnapoli@phpc.social 2026-02-09 09:02
@asgrim@phpc.social @DaveLiddament@phpc.social @m1ke@phpc.social I know that. I don’t like it either. You don’t have to like the game to play it. There are many things I don’t like in our society either, and I wish they were different. I didn’t like either where most software we built destroyed jobs and consolidated wealth for the richest. You’d have to be blind not to see it. Our society is a game of stealing wealth from others and it sucks. I think it’s either this or changing jobs. It always has been.