In my view, this is the exact right approach. LLMs aren’t going anywhere, these tools are here to stay. The only question is how they will be developed going forward, and who controls them. Boycotting AI is a really naive idea that’s just a way for people to signal group membership.
Saying I hate AI and I’m not going to use it is really trending and makes people feel like they’re doing something meaningful, but it’s just another version of trying to vote the problem away. It doesn’t work. The real solution is to roll up the sleeves and built an a version of this technology that’s open, transparent, and community driven.
We’ll see what they actually do, of course, I’m just showing that there is absolutely a viable path towards something like this. Actually starting a discussion going about this is the first step, and I think it’s a very good thing that Mozilla is doing something constructive in this space. This is far more productive than people just whinging about how much they hate AI.
You are defending Mozilla’s widely unpopular plans and changes based on ideas Mozilla isn’t even working on.
If you want to share your ideas, make an effort post, don’t use them legitimize whatever Mozilla is doing.
I wholeheartedly agree with everything in the Mozilla’s statement and if you’re upset about that then that’s en entirely a you problem. They’re proposing doing community driven development of open models, and I don’t see anybody else talking about it. Shitting on what they’re doing without providing any tangible alternatives is not productive. What they’re doing might be unpopular in your bubble, but it doesn’t detract from the value of what’s being proposed in any way.
If you actually have any constructive criticisms of what Mozilla is proposing then by all means share them.