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KDE is actively proposing a Pro-AI contribution policy, with most rejecting any suggestions for AI use to be disclosed, or any consideration for environmental concerns (invent.kde.org)
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Direct link to the LLM Policy Discussion: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/work_items/187

Example of KDE dev rejecting environmental consideration:

Example of KDE devs not wanting to require LLM use be disclosed.

And all of this is coming right after the debacle with an AI slop project being allowed to give a presentation at Akademy, and the person asking how this was allowed being blocked by KDE:

https://lemmy.nz/post/42029517

as well as the discussion thread bringing up legitimate concerns about AI usage being closed:

https://discuss.kde.org/t/sorry-to-bring-up-a-contentious-topic-kde-ai-llm-policy/46333/164

As someone who genuinely loves KDE, and has even donated to the project multiple times, I sadly have to accept that the majority of KDE have hopped onto the Pro-AI train, and they will not be dissuaded otherwise.

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[โ€“] 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

So many people say they reject AI, but then how can you even use desktop Linux?

The kernel & the popular browsers have an increasing number of AI contributions, there is no escaping this.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 10 points 1 month ago

    As it is impossible to completely avoid AI use with Linux, I must content myself with only minimization instead of complete elimination, as I won't let the pursuit of perfection mean I just give up entirely. Any reduction is still meaningful, just as it's still worthwhile to minimize fossil fuel usage and meat consumption as much as is reasonably possible.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 month ago*

    Modern society is built on destruction and cruelty. Doesn't mean I can advice somebody to give up living in society and sound smart.

    To suggest that "compromising on ideals for practicality" is the same as "roll-over and accept it" is dishonest and only done by people who want to win the argument by attrition so they get what they want.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I'm personally trying to switch to NetBSD. But, it's not going well. My laptop can't right-click in X under NetBSD, e.g.

    A lot of the ecosystems I used to enjoy and support, I simply can't anymore. Firefox, Linux, GHC, Debian, KDE, etc., etc. It's a distressing time for me.

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