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Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare (www.lifewire.com)

submitted 6 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago (9 children)

When it comes to software, certainly.

But it's also important not to fanboy over people too much or assume they're right about literally everything. I doubt most people here would share Stallman's views on paedophilia, for example.

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Didn't he kind of pull a 180 on those VERY questionable views? Not even trying to refute that he is not right about everything, as that's just silly, but I'm pretty sure he pulled back on that particular extremely dumb opinion.

[–] debil@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

As always a source of some kind is appreciated.

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Many years ago I posted that I could not see anything wrong about sex between an adult and a child, if the child accepted it," Stallman wrote. "Through personal conversations in recent years, I've learned to understand how sex with a child can harm per [sic] psychologically. This changed my mind about the matter: I think adults should not do that. I am grateful for the conversations that enabled me to understand why.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/richard-stallman-returns-to-fsf-18-months-after-controversial-rape-comments/

Took me a bit to find, but also he talks about how the Minsky scandal was a-okay in that same article. So maybe I should say he mildly changed course instead of pulling a 180. Still a strange opinion to hold.

[–] debil@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for finding the source. Well, at least he backed down on the pedophilia thing.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Only two days after his job became on the line.

Call me a pessimist, but that timing seems suspect to me.

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