Dream, sorry if managed to bungle up and completely misinterpret that point. I feel like I was answering with something important to note, but can't even tell anymore. I'm physically tired, so maybe I should've returned later. In any case, I hope this won't bother you for long.
I get that, I was excited for Brave as an independent search engine before learning more about them. Kagi genuinely seems to be a good meta search engine, but its leadership is ignorant, reckless, and frankly embarrassing. I won't comment on Searx since I haven't tried or read about it in a long time. Bit bleak, eh?
I remain skeptical of using solely LLMs for this, but it might be relevant: DARPA is looking into their usage for C to Rust translation. See the TRACTOR program.
Toxicity doesn't "work fine," it's contagious and destructive. For projects, it slows progress. For communities in general, it reinforces bad behavior and pushes out newcomers, leading to more negative spaces, isolation, and stagnation, just off the top of my head. These were issues in older communities just as they are in modern ones.
I don't see why we should abandon moderation for your benefit, at the expense of people who care.
The only reason people shit on AI currently is because expert humans are still far better than it.
Not it's not! There are a whole bunch of reasons why people dislike the current AI-wave, from artist exploitation, to energy consumption, to making horrible shitty people and companies richer while trying to obviate people's jobs!
You're so far off, it's insane. That's like saying people only hate slavery because the slaves can't match craftsmen yet. Just wait a bit until they finish training the slaves, just a few more whippings, then everyone will surely shut up.
The people who say they don't support these tools come across as purists or virtue signallers.
It is now "purist" to protest against the usage of tools that by and large steal from the work of countless unpaid, uncredited, unconsenting artists, writers, and programmers. It is virtue signaling to say I don't support OpenAI or their shitty capital chasing pig-brethren. It's fucking "organic labelling" to want to support like-minded people instead of big tech.
Y'all are ridiculous. The more of this I see, the more radicalized I get. Cool tech, yes, I admit! But wow, you just want to sweep all those pesky little ethical issues aside because... it makes you more productive? Shit, it's like you're competing with Altman on the unlikeability ranking.
If you think my problem with Substack is "Nazis are there right now," then you didn't get it. I must've not explained myself well, and that's on me, but you're missing the point regardless.
Nazis are part of my explanation because it ought to be clear to any reasonable reader how they should be dealt with, but one can still be horrible without being an outright Nazi. Those people should be dealt with similarly. Substack will see something horrible and first ask, "but how would our handling of this affect free speech?" which is a disgrace and a red flag.
I'm commenting on a larger issue related to the topic. At no point do I say people shouldn't listen to good journalists because of their platform of choice. At no point do I claim there are Nazis there. To reiterate: bad is not specifically and exclusively Nazis.
Substack may not be Nazi-central, but it's surely a product of broligarchy.
You're answering something else, man.
Well, yeah, if tech workers unionized, maybe they'd have some leverage. Let's hope they get to that before the next absurd move from big tech? Fingers crossed, 143rd time's the charm.
going to developing countries where it's easier to earn money and have fun.
Curious, what countries exactly are you thinking of?
I volunteered because I worried for the community. There were few comments and I couldn't sit by when it seemed so straightforward to step up for the sake of something I care about.
Later, admins shared that they'd been taking care of it (things were never as dire as I feared), and they've since appointed actual moderators. Even one with actual experience, too! I trust things will be fine, now.
All this to say: I'll be here as an option, should you want more people, but I'm happy with how things turned out. Much better than the communities that (sadly) spend months looking for volunteers.
More people than I expected volunteered, which is nice to see. Since I ended up creating an account, I'll leave it here anyway.
What's surprising is his complete lack of care that Eich is probably still against gay marriage.
It's not just a few interactions, it's Andreas' entire attitude around these topics. You absolutely can judge people and guess their beliefs from their online actions. Connect the dots, why don't you?
I'm not "separating the art from the artist" when the artist is alive and frolicking with a homophobe. That's very much relevant to me, I see LGBT folks being harmed every day due to such indifference.