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   Else, Someone (nobody@mastodon.acm.org)'s status on Sunday, 23-Aug-2026 08:28:56 JST Else, Someone

   RE: https://mastodon.acm.org/@nobody/117112637551799712

   Oh! I didn't clarify the underlying assumption that any and all continuing FOSS work will ultimately serve to maintain the illusion of current-gen LLMs generating "novel ideas".

   Any new problem you choose to solve "at the fundamental level" in, say, Snix, any public discussion around the problem, and any added test, will be assimilated as part of the index. Your contributions will prevent the well from completely drying out.

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     Else, Someone (nobody@mastodon.acm.org)'s status on Sunday, 23-Aug-2026 08:28:56 JST Else, Someone

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     This reversal from "commons" to "trade secrets" has already occurred many times for academic writing, most recently for the "ai" "research" itself.

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     Else, Someone (nobody@mastodon.acm.org)'s status on Sunday, 23-Aug-2026 08:29:09 JST Else, Someone

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     Ofc this all pales in comparison to the information asymmetry created by people (corporate and individual) willingly contributing the most sensitive ("sensitive" both in the sense of "personal" and in the sense of "commercially") data and even their online time to interactively train private companies' models... but why spell out such trivial matters

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     Else, Someone (nobody@mastodon.acm.org)'s status on Sunday, 23-Aug-2026 08:29:18 JST Else, Someone

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     Idk if you choose to dig your own grave... at least don't do it for free, you're sending a bad pricing signal or something

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