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    For those unaware, Linus Torvalds this year has deeply cast his lot with the hyperscale LLMs for development of Linux code, dismissing arguments that this is an abdication of responsibility over that code base.

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    [–] DjangoFett@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    DRM is a tool to protect IP and can (though often does not) protect the individual who created the IP.

    Flock cameras are really just cameras that are utilizing other tools to track people. The company using them in that way are the political ones. The tool being used as it is just happens to be the point of contention.

    Data centers weren't really a (Big) problem til they started being used for AI. So again, it is the use case rather than the tool itself.

    I want to be abundantly clear that I am not actually arguing for any of these things as i think Flock et al should be slow-roasted one inch at a time just as a starter and our warm-up round for what happens to Meta and Google and Palantir and so on.

    The semantic/pedantic part of me just kicks against blanket statements that, when analyzed, tend to be on shakier ground than it first appeared.

    [–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    How about grok? Apolitical?

    [–] DjangoFett@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

    Hilariously yes. The fact that primarily Nazis feed it and warp its data and output continuously to suit their needs is what makes it a political tool rather than being innately political.

    I will absolutely die on this hill.

    What possible beneficial use can it have? Teaching rational humans like you and me how to recognize dog whistle bullshit and how to deal with it properly - up to and including RUD and permanent disposal.

    [–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

    Hilariously yes. The fact that primarily Nazis feed it and warp its data and output continuously to suit their needs is what makes it a political tool rather than being innately political.

    IMO, this level of hair-splitting is why online arguments are frustrating and unproductive.

    By your measure, no inanimate object isn't a tool, and therefore no inanimate object has inherent politics. This is an obtuse and useless point to make and I have no idea why you have wasted so many characters doing so.

    A flag is a tool that ships use to communicate when sailing, so a nazi flag is an apolitical tool.

    See how stupid that sounds? Understand how useless a point of view that is?