Or, you know, the contents of your post are simply not true.

You sound exactly like an antivaxxer does to someone who knows medicine.

@simon_brooke @nina_kali_nina

That's nice, I know plenty of experienced folks who think it's a pile of shite and an accident waiting to happen, before they even get to the theft, DDOSing half the internet, ignoring software license (another timebomb)

And that it can have some use isn't the question, it's whether it's a net benefit, whether the dangers posed are harms caused are worth it.

"I find it useful". Ok, but that's not what's being discussed. I like ice cream.

@nina_kali_nina @simon_brooke

I'm sure you need to tell yourself that rather than face cognitive dissonance. Or, you know, you put my globally unique name into a search engine and challenge your belief regarding my ethics.

@simon_brooke @nina_kali_nina @torvalds

Obviously it's not the right tool for what you're doing if you have to be forced to use it.

I don't have to use it - I do so because I tried and realized it was useful. I don't know a single developer forced to use it actually. All the other greybeards in my circles have come to the conclusion that LLMs are useful on their own volition.

@simon_brooke @nina_kali_nina

I don't agree with that characterisation at all.
I'm one of many developers who interact with this technology daily and find it wanting. I have to use it if I want to keep my job because management believe the marketing, but I am aghast at the prospect of supporting the stuff we're slopping out over the long term. Based on evaluating and understanding the output.

Our work is bullshit anyway but I would never use it for something critical.

Most discussions I've had here with anti-AI fanatics show them to be as knowledgeable on the subject as "I've done my own research" anti vaxxers are about vaccines.

@simon_brooke

If the foundation's mission is at odds with corporate interests, then the corporations will use funding as leverage to dampen their impact.

Outside of (the mostly non-developer) people on Mastodon there's no real discussion on whether LLMs are useful for software developer/cybersec etc or not. We (senior greybeards not influenced by whatever crap cloud AI mongers try to sell) simply use it where it brings benefits.

Torvalds too.

@nina_kali_nina @torvalds

Same shit, different day.