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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Linus is saying that using an LLM doesn't absolve you of taking responsibility for what you publish.

I am extremely anti-LLM for basically everything but even I can see this moral panic for what it is. Sadly not the first time David Gerard (the author of this blog) has fallen into it.