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Owners, not renters: Mozilla's open source AI strategy (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 1 month ago by cm0002 to c/technology@lemmy.zip
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In my view, this is the exact right approach. LLMs aren't going anywhere, these tools are here to stay. The only question is how they will be developed going forward, and who controls them. Boycotting AI is a really naive idea that's just a way for people to signal group membership.

Saying I hate AI and I'm not going to use it is really trending and makes people feel like they're doing something meaningful, but it's just another version of trying to vote the problem away. It doesn't work. The real solution is to roll up the sleeves and built an a version of this technology that's open, transparent, and community driven.

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[โ€“] cm0002 -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is a conflation of "AI" and shitty AI companies. The AI technology, which can be fully open source, is what's here to stay and it is a useful tool. Not the end all be all by any means, but, just like a drill or hammer it has its uses. And just like a drill or hammer, you can use it for improper use but get a less optimal result

Boycotting the tech itself, to include full open source and selfhosted AI is what's not going to work, but the shitty companies probably will come and go.

The real solution is to roll up the sleeves and built an a version of this technology that's open, transparent, and community driven.

No, the solution is to educate the general populace about the extreme harms of AI on our economy and our environment and our sovereignty and our education and to show them that we're getting absolutely nothing in exchange except for lining the pockets of CEOs and twist the arm of the gov to get involved in some sort of regulation...

Both of these things can happen, AI can be harmful. Any tool can be harmful and for dangerous ones we do educate people, to varying degrees depending on the tool. And just like any tool, it has its restrictions AND promote open and transparent systems over the ones that do line CEO pockets

[โ€“] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

No it is not. The technology itself (generative AI) is exclusively harmful, and has no legitimate purpose.