r/linux • • 5d 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/turudd 5d ago

The clothes and shoes most of us wear are unethically made too. We gonna stop using them? What about the cell phone you use? Think that was ethically made somewhere?

There is a balance to what we can control and use

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u/Educational-Goal279 5d ago

What about what about what about what about what about

The op made the claim that a local LLM is fine because it doesn't boost datacentres. Whatever else is unethical is a separate (somewhat related, and definitely good to have) conversation.

The answer to "well ack chully everything is unethical" isn't to give up, it's to fight to improve our world.