[−]matheusmoreira · 2026-11-15 Sun 15:40 UTC ·
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> but there is also way too much emotion involved in the discussions about this because it is hurting our wallets
That's a matter of course. This goes way beyond our wallets. They are actively pricing us out of computing. They are deliberately pushing computers back to the big iron mainframe era.
Computers are subversive: they democratized cryptography, copyright infringement, all sorts of things. Now that humanity has developed AI, they will not cannot tolerate mere citizens having access to powerful computers any longer.
If we don't fight this somehow, it's over for us. Everything the word "hacker" ever stood for will be destroyed. We need some kind of second amendment but for computers.
I was going to say the same, so I'll just add to your comment: it's possible too that there's a brave new world of local LLMs just around the corner that this kind of thing is retarding.
(Speaking of which—I've seen people suggest a seti@home-like approach to creating a frontier-level, fully open LLM. C'mon, guys, let's vibe code this thing!)
That's a matter of course. This goes way beyond our wallets. They are actively pricing us out of computing. They are deliberately pushing computers back to the big iron mainframe era.
Computers are subversive: they democratized cryptography, copyright infringement, all sorts of things. Now that humanity has developed AI, they will not cannot tolerate mere citizens having access to powerful computers any longer.
If we don't fight this somehow, it's over for us. Everything the word "hacker" ever stood for will be destroyed. We need some kind of second amendment but for computers.
(Speaking of which—I've seen people suggest a seti@home-like approach to creating a frontier-level, fully open LLM. C'mon, guys, let's vibe code this thing!)