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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Remember when Microsoft said open source was dangerous?

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Dangerous?

They said Linux and open source is fucking cancer

And I'm pretty much quoting here - emphasise on just pretty much

[–] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When all along it was Mico$oft that was the cancer.

[–] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Embrace, Extend, Extinguish

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dangerous to profits. Please think of the shareholders!

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

…and the Billionaires!

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Which was extra rich because Bill Gates was pretty active on open source forums getting help developing his early programs that made MS into what it was, as well as using his school's computers, which weren't supposed to be used for commercial activity, then when he was trying to sell his shit, he was outraged at all the people willing to give their software away for free. He's a personification of the pulling the ladder up after him image.

And he maintains that stance to this day, with one of the goals of his foundation (which he started at the advice of his father wanting to look better after the embarrassment of the anti-trust case where he looked completely out of touch during his testimony and didn't take much comfort that the government pretty much just backed down after winning and didn't force MS to break up) being that someone profits from the medical advancements they support. It doesn't have to be him, but he is vehemently against the idea that anyone just share ideas for everyone's benefit rather than people making profits from it.

[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

making CEOs at home is a very dangerous path

[–] WhiteRice@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.

[–] TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Pravin Lal???

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

IIRC those open source models are trained on the output of OpenAI and Anthropic's models anyway.

And the plagiarism machine owners complaining about others plagiarizing their plagiarism machine is still one of the funniest things to happen in all of this.

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

How is that actually pulled off? (train on the output of another AI? That would burn so many tokens through the "regular" ways, no?

[–] thatsnomayo@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Explaining the harmfulness of monopoly & regulatory capture to an American

Imagine at home there is no burger

[–] DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do people even care about what a CEO says anyway? Fuck them. They only care about themselves and say shit that benefits them.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 week ago

Well because, see all the dumbasses running around believing that llms can reason, have a personality and replace humans? Thats because dumbass ceos said so. So, thats the only reason I care, currently.

[–] grandma@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Okay and what are you gonna do? Geographically restrict an algorithm like they tried with encryption?