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[–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

Say that metal on a stick was made from a rare metal that can only be sourced by mining the land of a threatened indigeneous tribe. If I use or buy that tool am I really neutral, even if I build hospitals with it?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    'I agree that nothing is neutral, but finding that ideological complication in a simple hammer doesn't make it more than a hammer.'

    'Okay but what if I invent a hypothetical hammer that's even more ideologically complicated; is that neutral?'

    Mu.

    Anyway: there will come vegan models. There will be LLMs and diffusers trained entirely on public-domain and licensed data. They will have the exact same effect on users, for the same reasons that a tungsten conflict hammer still makes you think about misusing a screw. For better and for worse, it does the thing it's for. That's what tools are. Solving any ethical concerns with how they're made will not address this particular discussion.

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