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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by kylp@retrolemmy.com to c/foss@beehaw.org

I’ll preface this by saying I’m not an AI buff. I use it (unpaid) mostly for a search aid or assistance with setting up services in my homeserver (new to homelabbing) when I get stuck, as I don’t have an unlimited amount of time to devote to it due to life obligations.

My question is: Do you feel it is ethical and/or moral to use AI to develop FOSS?

I’m genuinely torn on this issue. Part of me feels it’s counterintuitive, yet the another part of me knows the probability of it going away are slim to none and using it to develop FOSS is a way to “use it against itself”, for lack of a better term.

This is my first post on Lemmy. I’m asking to please keep it cordial. I’m not looking for an elitist lecture. I genuinely want to know the community’s thoughts.

P.S. I’ve toyed with local models, but I don’t have the hardware to make them remotely useful. I’m still learning and tweaking to see what can be achieved on limited hardware.

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[-] locuester@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago

I have not tried v4.1. I typically wait until there’s a “recipe” someone else makes that makes it easy to load on my devices. Haven’t looked yet but those lag for a week or more.

this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2026
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