Erwin
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Erwin
@odd@mstdn.social
Jack of all trades, master of none / skeptical technologist / public administration / anti-capitalist / social-liberalism
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@olivia thats bleak. Luckily it doesn't seem to be part of a faculty.
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@olivia Any technology that makes us second guess each others humanity is utterly destructive and it pains me that so many techno optimists just shrug at this and see it as yet another technological challenge to overcome.
How far does this need to go until they see this tech can only lead to authoritarianism?
Socialist realism achieved this without this technology. If people would just imagine the risks with AI in the mix.
How far does this need to go until they see this tech can only lead to authoritarianism?
Socialist realism achieved this without this technology. If people would just imagine the risks with AI in the mix.
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Erwin
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@Haste@mastodon.social I wasn't on Twitter before its downfall, but from what I've heard I got the impression that microblogging was a two-way street with journalists, scientists and 'common' folk.
It probably was more like you are suggesting though. But it does make me wonder if early Twitter really was less self-serving in a way.
It probably was more like you are suggesting though. But it does make me wonder if early Twitter really was less self-serving in a way.
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@jonny what worries me most is that they could actually start to clean up their vibe coded mess after cornering the market.
I mean, it will still be an unreliable oracle of slop, but they could slowly 'optimise' recursive functions or over reliance on LLMs for everything.
Will they? It depends whether Anthropic is ran by techno-cultists or business bro's.
I mean, it will still be an unreliable oracle of slop, but they could slowly 'optimise' recursive functions or over reliance on LLMs for everything.
Will they? It depends whether Anthropic is ran by techno-cultists or business bro's.
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@kde "KDE Linux" is a pretty confusing name for a new distro imo. At first I thought this post was about KDE (the desktop environment) not supporting anything but systemd (anymore).
Having a distro with basically the same name as one of the popular desktop env's (one of the only things a new user may actually be interested in knowing) doesn't make things much clearer..
Having a distro with basically the same name as one of the popular desktop env's (one of the only things a new user may actually be interested in knowing) doesn't make things much clearer..
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@ErikJonker I'd imagine (a part of) the solution is more in how teams are formed. With FOSS that's a particular problem because as you are alluding to, its (near?) possible to know if a piece of code is generated by an LLM.
So perhaps its more about vetting contributors, having a shared understanding.
If a project is known to be sceptical of AI, I'd trust it more than them leaning into it.
So perhaps its more about vetting contributors, having a shared understanding.
If a project is known to be sceptical of AI, I'd trust it more than them leaning into it.
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@ErikJonker
But would you trust code that has been generated and only after the fact being checked by a human? There is just no way someone actually able to sign off on that.
From what I see from vibecoders is that they focus on the happy flow but won't ever consider edge cases and 'trust the system' for that.
I'd say QC on those systems is more unthinkable than keeping a codebase 'human only'.
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But would you trust code that has been generated and only after the fact being checked by a human? There is just no way someone actually able to sign off on that.
From what I see from vibecoders is that they focus on the happy flow but won't ever consider edge cases and 'trust the system' for that.
I'd say QC on those systems is more unthinkable than keeping a codebase 'human only'.
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