Fuck AI

And this is where I split with Lemmy.

There's a very fragile, fleeting war between shitty, tech bro hyped (but bankrolled) corporate AI and locally runnable, openly licensed, practical tool models without nearly as much funding. Guess which one doesn't care about breaking the law because everything is proprietary?

The "I don't care how ethical you claim to be, fuck off" attitude is going to get us stuck with the former. It's the same argument as Lemmy vs Reddit, compared to a "fuck anything like reddit, just stop using it" attitude.

What if it was just some modder trying a niche model/finetune to restore an old game, for free?

That's a rhetorical question, as I've been there: A few years ago, I used ESRGAN finetunes to help restore a game and (seperately) a TV series. Used some open databases for data. Community loved it. I suggested an update in that same community (who apparently had no idea their beloved "remaster" involved oldschool "AI"), and got banned for the mere suggestion.

So yeah, I understand AI hate, oh do I. Keep shitting on Altman an AI bros. But anyone (like this guy) who wants to bury open weights AI: you are digging your own graves.