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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It also means that his praise for and indeed positive experience with this “tool” is largely irrelevant to the broader social/economic discourse surrounding so called AI.

Yeah, but tbf all of the statements he's making about it are in the context of organizing linux development and the most effective way to carry that out, and just happen to be public and so end up being widely republished and incorporated into discussions with a broader topic than that.