2026-07-13 20:53 UTC
I'm seeing some #Emacs users whining that GNU allowing #LLM assisted contributions would be "unethical". Some even went so far as to fork a "Human Emacs".
Give me a break. LLMs learn the same way you do; the difference is, they're capable of learning far more than you can. And they work the same way your mind works: by predicting next actions based on new input and current state. They think "out loud" as they go, but it's still thought.
Or is it "unethical" for you to learn by reading others' code at all? For artists to look at others' art at all? Seriously? 🙄
Or do you imagine your thoughts come out of nowhere?
What's unethical is keeping Emacs mired in hopelessly antiquated code, and its users suffering the results. If GNU ends up banning LLM contributions permanently, I'd love to see an Inhuman Emacs. 🔥
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@AAMfP@fosstodon.org 2026-07-14 05:11
@TamsynUlthara@catodon.rocks I'd say those things do not learn, they just have a fantamagic database from which some algorithms extract the most probable answer(s) from your question(s). I'd say also they do not think, they just put not-so-random words one after the other, giving us the feeling of thought. If I say or write something, I usually understand what I'm doing and can repeat and adjust that output (and outcome)