• nomad@infosec.pub
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    27 days ago

    i know the author personally. We went to the same university for IT security. His skills are undeniable. Ignoring a legitimately working tool that finds legitimate security problems is just asking for trouble. For all its flaws there are some legitimate uses of LLMs and this is one of them.

    maintainers of critical Software can’t afford to be that ignorant.

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      27 days ago

      Yes. I hesitated to post this because I understand that many here would prefer not to know. But, at least, people need a chance to learn the facts and make their own decisions. The amount of anti-AI disinformation is crazy.

      • XLE@piefed.socialBanned from community
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        26 days ago

        @Nomad@infosec.pub thoughts, now that you read this? I hope you and your friend don’t turn a blind eye. Mozilla’s ethical stance is important.

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          26 days ago

          Its not the tool that is evil, but the intent its used with. That’s all I’m gonna say on that topic.

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            26 days ago

            I’m learning a lot about Mozilla’s ethics today.

            It sounds like you and your friend believe they are outmoded. Anthropic is not just a toolmaker, they host the thing that was used to decide to kill children, and its CEO Dario Amodei has expressed desire to continue building war weapons.

            In retrospect, do you and your friend believe that the product made by a homophobe such as Brendan Eich is just a tool too?

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              26 days ago

              @Nomad@infosec.pub if you’re going to interact, please remember that you were accepted by the Firefox fan community as a spokesperson for your Mozilla employee friend. How deeply are you and friend burying your heads? Surely your ethics hasn’t degenerated into no longer believing the thing you said a few hours ago, I hope.