My main concern with A.I. use is its ability to hide incompetence.

You mean like tab-completion in modern IDEs? Shouldn’t devs know all the function calls and methods of the standard libraries of the language they’re programming in?

Sure. That’s what this is. Pointing out that a computer program can be used as a tool is definitely a parallel to privacy violations.

Is it because of shame?

Yes, and because people might be afraid there going to be attacked for using it.

“Let us know when you are using LLMs”

But this is impossible to enforce.

It’s called Metalhead, from Black Mirror

Thanks!

(you could have also just asked, instead of this comment, would have gladly said so)

(That was me asking in an indirect way. You also didn’t have to put that sentence in parenthesis, I still would have read it!)

“Happy” is an odd choice of words here.

An LLM is just a tool. Some iterations have some value in some circumstances. In those cases it’s fine. But look around at the comments here and you’ll see many people basically accusing Debian of selling out. If a dev sees that reaction then they may not want to disclose their own use of LLMs.

Not at all, because it’s impossible to know for sure if committed code had some form of AI generated parts, AI assisted review, prototyping, etc.

By making it mandatory you can potentially alienate good developers who may feel their work ethics would be scrutinized negatively (like in these comments).

It would have been good to have at least one major distro that was AI free

Then you’d need to use one without the Linux kernel

Well, certain inputs like <up> <down> <left> <right> will map directly to keyboard equivalents. The OK button generally maps to <enter>. And then other inputs like play/pause, volume, skip forward/backward are standard PC inputs that just about every OS supports out of the box. Most keyboards have those buttons on them and they “just work”.

For additional functionality you can use specialized software to manage it.

The IR receiver is just a “translator”. The input the computer sees is just a standard HID peripheral (Human Input Device).

We already saw LG load malware via windows when connected.

This was 100% a Windows driver issue as opposed to a TV issue. And I could see possibly Roku doing this, but not Apple. Apple being Unix based precludes the type of driver loading that Windows is susceptible to.

Same goes for Linux. Just use Linux.

Get a media TV remote and a USB IR receiver.

Edit: I wrote Bluetooth when I meant USB

ad software

I prefer my TVs to have no ads, thank you very much.

No one is going to tell everyone else which show and episode you guys are talking about?

we own the hardware, do we not?

Not if you can’t do what you want with it.

Can we not detect backdoors in advance right now

Without access to the source code, that’s a very involved and difficult task with no guarantees.

I mean how difficult is it really to flash different software when we have the hardware in our possession?

Way harder than you think. In fact, it’s entirely possible for hardware to be designed to permanently brick itself if the firmware is not signed with the right keys.

Why do you think he gives a fucking shit of a fuck about that?

Because he’s a diva and WANTS to be liked. And he knows his approval ratings are at their lowest.

I’m not saying this is absolutely what’s happening. It’s just my theory.

And about the lying thing. I don’t think he’s lying most of the time, because I think he genuinely believes the things he says. TO BE CLEAR! I’m not saying he isn’t a liar (he is), just that he truly believes the things he says.

He doesn’t give one shit about the US debt

True., but he is an emotionally delicate diva and I think he realizes that his approval is at the lowest level ever. He wants people to think he’s great. Why else would he constantly post on social media and post cringe videos on Tiktok unironically?

He thinks this is a quick way to reduce the US’s $40T debt. It won’t.

DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT!

Already did. Even rebooted to be safe.

Won’t install for me

No, open forever. The core of android is open source. It’s the reason that projects like GrapheneOS exist.