Comment on AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor
mojo@lemm.ee 1 year agoBeing anti foss is being anti freedom, full stop
Comment on AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor
mojo@lemm.ee 1 year agoBeing anti foss is being anti freedom, full stop
5BC2E7@lemmy.world 1 year ago
the thing is that you don’t want to become the thing you are fighting. you can be right in every case, as long as it’s in a case by case basis. it would be different if you explain why the arguments are bad faith arguments or why they are facists, that is also perfectly fine.
mojo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
There are things that are just true like that, like racism or slavery don’t have a case by case basis where they’re bad, but that’s getting to be an extreme comparison here, just saying absolute statements can be true like that. When is FOSS not about freedom?
5BC2E7@lemmy.world 1 year ago
this seems a bit more complicated than the examples you share where things are more evident. even if they are wrong, they can be wrong for reasons other than them being facists.
jcg@halubilo.social 1 year ago
Exactly, it’s not about it being FOSS. It’s about the nature of the software itself. Being against that software doesn’t make you anti-FOSS. Additionally, open sourcing your malware is actually helpful for people trying to combat it.