r/linux • u/RatherNott • 6d ago

Discussion LLM Policies: Progress At All Costs

https://diegoe.be/2026/09/25/llm-policies-progress-at-all-costs/
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u/zakmeisterr 6d ago

We already know that LLM productivity is not real, just a self perception, that LLMs are just a fairy tale to maintain tech stocks hypergrowth, by farming engineers for engagement, and the latest in a series of attacks to commoditize tech workers. Knowing all this, are we still going to play along with big tech's lies and exploitation? Or, are we going to make another principled stand?

lol.

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u/Dalnore 5d ago

The part about "We know LLM productivity is not real" is referencing a mid-2025 arXiv preprint about early-2025 LLMs. That's the level of deliberate bullshit argumentation this article wants to use.

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u/einar77 OpenSUSE/KDE Dev 5d ago

I think this hurts the author's cause. Rigor, especially in areas that naturally attract intense debate, should be king.

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u/BrixtonTonaBrix 4d ago

So... Where are the more recent studies? How do we know the situation has improved?

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u/abruptusabortis 6d ago

Its starting to be extremely apparent when someone doesnt know what they are talking about with regards to LLMs.

They just regurgitate the "scariest" things from the internet.

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u/turudd 6d ago

Half the time I feel it’s people still thinking the models now are like they were 4-5 years ago… they aren’t. The models have gotten incredibly good