Post by @rperezrosario@mastodon.social

@rperezrosario@mastodon.social 18 hours ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116931268277476717

It feels great to see a mind of Linus' caliber not fall into the llm doomerism hole, and actually prod people into not caving-in to pressure to do so. The Linux kernel is a great place to showcase the work of experienced developers working with llms to improve the quality of their code.

#programming #llms #linus #linux

24 hours ago

#linus #llms #programming #linux

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Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)

@jaredwhite@indieweb.social 16 hours ago

@rperezrosario @arstechnica Yeah fuck ethics! Environment? Go get fucked! Illegal training data sets? Who the fuck cares! Let's steal everyone's houses and build more data centers! Fuck rising energy costs!

Rafael Perez

@rperezrosario@mastodon.social 3 hours ago

@jaredwhite @arstechnica

Not everyone subscribes to those particular, purist, ableist narratives. The legality, ethics, and environmental impact of llms are an open, ongoing debate.

Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)

@jaredwhite@indieweb.social 2 hours ago

@rperezrosario @arstechnica
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-missed-climate-goals-ai

https://futurism.com/science-energy/amazon-spewing-record-carbon-emissions-ai-data-centers

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/06/lanarkshire-scotland-ai-datacentre-project-renewable-energy

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/cheyenne-suspends-data-center-fill-and-flush-and-closed-loop-discharges-after-meta-contractor-contaminated-its-reuse-water-system

https://japantoday.com/category/features/environment/data-centres-emitting-more-co2-than-thought-study

https://archive.ph/0rwgt

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15830803/Georgia-mom-home-ai-data-centers-eminent-domain.html

But sure, ongoing debate. 🙄

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Rafael Perez

@rperezrosario@mastodon.social 1 hour ago

@jaredwhite @arstechnica

The abundance of current media articles discussing for, and against llms is proof that the debate is alive and well.