Working with AI in open source requires that we grapple with its downsides. We need to acknowledge the ethical problems and minimize negative impacts; ensure quality and security despite fundamental limitations of AI technology; and resist the centralizing power dynamic inherent in the current AI trajectory.
Posts on AI
What we currently call “AI” is not intelligent, and won’t be. The current AI boom will end in a financial crash. The AI industry causes terrible ecological and social damage.
Is it possible to maintain digital autonomy and still work with AI? To find out, I experimented with a privacy-preserving open source AI solution for working with your personal files. The results were underwhelming.
A summary of the links shared in a fascinating Mastodon thread about the current AI hype cycle and the bubble that’s about to pop.
