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All of human knowledge (an exaggeration, I know) at our finger tips. It's the most punk rock, anarchist thing tech has done since the internet and it's funny it

by hectdev 4mo ago

All of human knowledge (an exaggeration, I know) at our finger tips. It's the most punk rock, anarchist thing tech has done since the internet and it's funny it's shaped as a product.

ses1984 4mo ago
If you get the impression of punk and anarchy, it's only because you're not looking any deeper than the veneer. Underneath, it's nothing like punk or anarchy.
- hectdev 4mo ago
  I'm considering the dispersement of tech. 3D printers disrupt needing to buy widgets from big companies and local llms disrupt needing to buy generalize software when you can make your own bespoke. AI will live on long after the big corporations burn out their money coffers.
account42 4mo ago
Sure, a few mega-corporations of the scale to upset entire markets owning all information and renting it out as they see fit is very punk. A cyberpunk dystopia specifically.
- hectdev 4mo ago
  If you consider the local llm scene which is closing the gaps, mega corporations become less possessive of all information.
ux266478 4mo ago
I think the most punk rock, anarchist thing that could happen is someone leverages the shitty, pre-digested consumer-facing models to orchestrate a cybersecurity incident where the frontier base models are stolen and freely distributed to the public.
- hectdev 4mo ago
  The way the Chinese have been running inference against the US models is somewhat what you are saying.
piloto_ciego 4mo ago
This is what boggles my freaking mind, it's so cool that this is happening, and most of the people I thought were the cool anarcho-punks are falling on the side of copyright and more capitalism-colonizing the space of ideas. It's crazy! People cannot even envision a world that's not this transactional thing and it's really sad. In the post-scarcity world it's going to be really hard to reprogram these people. Wasn't there a Star Trek episode about this with a cryonics guy?

by hectdev 4mo ago

All of human knowledge (an exaggeration, I know) at our finger tips. It's the most punk rock, anarchist thing tech has done since the internet and it's funny it's shaped as a product.

ses1984 4mo ago

If you get the impression of punk and anarchy, it's only because you're not looking any deeper than the veneer. Underneath, it's nothing like punk or anarchy.

hectdev 4mo ago
I'm considering the dispersement of tech. 3D printers disrupt needing to buy widgets from big companies and local llms disrupt needing to buy generalize software when you can make your own bespoke. AI will live on long after the big corporations burn out their money coffers.

account42 4mo ago

Sure, a few mega-corporations of the scale to upset entire markets owning all information and renting it out as they see fit is very punk. A cyberpunk dystopia specifically.

hectdev 4mo ago
If you consider the local llm scene which is closing the gaps, mega corporations become less possessive of all information.

ux266478 4mo ago

I think the most punk rock, anarchist thing that could happen is someone leverages the shitty, pre-digested consumer-facing models to orchestrate a cybersecurity incident where the frontier base models are stolen and freely distributed to the public.

hectdev 4mo ago
The way the Chinese have been running inference against the US models is somewhat what you are saying.

piloto_ciego 4mo ago

This is what boggles my freaking mind, it's so cool that this is happening, and most of the people I thought were the cool anarcho-punks are falling on the side of copyright and more capitalism-colonizing the space of ideas. It's crazy! People cannot even envision a world that's not this transactional thing and it's really sad. In the post-scarcity world it's going to be really hard to reprogram these people. Wasn't there a Star Trek episode about this with a cryonics guy?