It might be 255 characters?

Assuming that’s the field applicable to this question, there isn’t some other limit somewhere other than the database and that I didn’t miss another later migration that changes the field length etc. I haven’t looked terribly thoroughly, though.

Wait, is this an interview?

I’d be… uh… a t-rex… because, uh… I’m not afraid to… uh… take initiative?

The GPL family of licenses was designed to cover code specifically. AI engines are code and are covered in most jurisdictions by copyright. (Disclaimer: I know a lot less about international intellectual property law than about U.S. intellectual property law. But I’m pretty confident what I’ll say here is at least true of the U.S…) But you don’t really have a functional generative AI system without weights. And it’s not clear that weights are covered by any particular branch of intellectual property in any particular jurisdiction. (And if they are, it’s not clear that the legal entity who trained the engine owns those rights on those weights rather than the rights holders who hold rights to the training data.) It’s the weights that would make for any biases or purposefully nefarious output. Nothing that isn’t covered by intellectually property can meaningfully be said to be “licensed”, really. Under the AGPLv3 or any other license. To speak of something not covered by any intellectual (or non-intellectual, I suppose) property as “licensed” is just kindof nonsensical.

Like, since Einstein’s General Relativity isn’t covered by any intellectual property, it’s not possible for General Relativity to be “licensed”. Similarly, unless some law is passed making LLM weights covered by, say, copyright law, one can’t speak of those weights being “licensed”.

By the way, there are several high-profile cases of companies like Meta releasing LLMs that you can run locally and calling them “Open Source” when there’s nothing “Open Source” about them. As in, they don’t distribute the source code of LLaMa at all. That’s exactly the opposite of “Open Source” and the weights aren’t code and can’t really be said to be “Open Source”. More info here.

Now, all that said, I don’t think there’s actually any inherent benefit to LLMs, AGPLv3 or otherwise, so I don’t have any interest even in AGPLv3 engines. But I’m all for more software being licensed AGPLv3. I just don’t think AGPLv3 is a concept that applies to any portion of LLMs aside from the engine.

Read the rest of the comments in this post. There are multiple ways he could, theoretically, and it’s not unlikely he’ll try.

Well, I’m a mod of !fuck_ai@lemmy.world, so…

The rise of what recently/popularly has been referred to as “AI” is a massive scam/bubble.

“Osama Bin who?” And in a similar vein, “Jihad? That’s a Dune reference, right?”

“I’ll cash in on my Beanie Baby investment when it’s time to pay for my kid’s college tuition.”

“The internet is just a fad.”

“I’m so excited for the next The Matrix sequel.”

“Two bedrooms and a walk-out basement. $300 a month rent.”

For real. I’ve been anxiously awaiting developments, but it seems that no more developments are likely to happen until September.

SFC (“Software Freedom Conservancy”) is doing good work on a legal front that may well result in a lot more consumer electronic devices (like smart TVs) having fully FOSS OSs available.

More info at https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html

AnySoftKeyboard does. And it’s under an Apache 2.0 license which is fully foss.

FUTO Keyboard was forked from another project which is Open Source. But the license FUTO keyboard itself is under, by restricting modifications to for non-commercial purposes and forbidding removal of functionality that allows the user to make payments to FUTO, fails to qualify as “Open Source”.

FUTO keyboard is not Open Source.

If you use too little, it won’t get your clothes as clean. If you use too much, your clothes will come out of the washer still with detergent in them or perhaps you’ll have issues with too much suds leaking out of your washer (or at least out of the tank portion potentially into some of the electronic components.) There’s probably a pretty wide margin of error, though, and you’d have to use a lot too little or a lot too much to see any noticeable difference, though. If you’re happy with the results you’re getting, keep doing what you’re doing. If you feel like doing some experimentation with the amount of detergent you use, hell, everybody needs a hobby.

Cluster B personality disorders tend to be the sort of personality disorders that are obvious to those around you. (To anyone who has done any serious study on the topic of personality disorders, it’s likely those around you (at least the ones you’ve interacted at all sufficiently with) already know you have NPD. To those around you who haven’t, I’m sure they’ve still identified aspects of your behavior that are much different from how most people behave, and stumbling across the Wikipedia page for NPD is likely to bring you to mind.)

I do say “tend to” on purpose. There is such a thing as a “covert presentation” of NPD that can be less obvious.

I’ve done enough study on the topic that I know a bit about what the term “Narcissistic Personality Disorder” means. If someone I knew mentioned to me that they had an NPD diagnosis, I think just how that would affect my view of them would depend on a few things:

I think if I hadn’t known them very long and there wasn’t any particular reason for them to bring it up, I’d likely see bringing up their NPD diagnosis as an attention-seeking behavior. (This would be true no matter what the diagnosis was. If someone I didn’t know well just lead with “I have histrionic PD” or “I’m autistic” without a specific good reason to be bringing it up (and I’m not saying that there aren’t cases where leading with a psychological diagnosis is appropriate), I’d similarly feel they were seeking attention. Of course with NPD, “attention seeking” is even one of the diagnostic criteria, and so there is a certain difference with seeking attention by airing your NPD diagnosis vs airing your schizoid PD (or whatever) diagnosis.) If I’m honest, OP, just interacting with you a couple of times on Lemmy, this is kindof the way I view you. That said, I don’t see your behavior on Lemmy as “bad” in any particular way. You’re getting some of your needs filled and also contributing to the community here by starting what I see as interesting and engaging conversations. But I do think a big part of why you’re writing so much about NPD is to get validation from strangers on the internet.

If I had known them for a while and had already seen them exhibit a lot of narcissistic behavior, it would probably be a bit of a relief to hear them say they had an NPD diagnosis. I’d see them as more self-aware than I did before and that would increase my respect for them. I’d probably suspect their awareness of their condition means they may have a genuine interest in managing it and they may be in treatment. I’d suspect they probably knew a bit about the terminology. And if their behavior became unacceptable and I needed to ask them to tone it down, I might be able to break through their defenses to get them to actually listen to me by speaking to them about their behavior in terms more closely associated with PD theory. I’d also feel a bit honored to have been confided in.

If I had known them for a while but the fact they had an NPD diagnosis took me by surprise, it would definitely make me reevaluate my view of NPD a bit. As I said above, covert NPD does exist but I’d be surprised I didn’t pick up on it myself even their presentation was covert.

People with at least certain types of NPD tend to use/manipulate/victimize people in ways that hurt, scare, and anger. People who have experience dealing with such NPD sufferers often have unresolved grudges which they project onto anyone with NPD. (Similarly, they tend to label NPD anyone who triggers their unresolved issues.)

In a perfect word, everyone would be emotionally mature enough not to be triggered or even injured in the first place by someone exhibiting manipulative/narcissistic behavior. But we don’t live in a perfect world. Victims of emotional abuse have valid reason to hurt and be scared and angry. It’s reasonable to say that they don’t have valid reason to demonize people with NPD. But whether demonizing people with NPD is “valid” or not, it’s understandable. At least as understandable as is any sort of projection.

So, this is a personal question, and definitely don’t feel obligated to answer it, but if you “haven’t abused or manipulated anyone ever”, can I ask if you’ve gotten any verification of this assertion from an impartial observer? For instance, has a therapist used a term like “covert NPD” to refer to you?

Also, being honest here and speaking personally, I have suffered abuse and manipulation of a distinctively narcissistic sort for a number of years. I don’t feel like I harbor hatred toward the individual in question today. (Though I’d really rather not ever interact with them again.) But it definitely was a long process to reach the point where I could say that. And it’s pretty certain that even if the individual to whom I refer had/has issues that lead them to abuse and manipulate me, I must admit that I similarly had preexisting issues on which they wouldn’t have been able to prey had I not had such issues. (And, full disclosure, if this individual ever had an NPD diagnosis from anyone with more authority than my own armchair, I’m unaware of it.)

I’ve since run into and worked closely with at least one other individual who habitually acted in very narcissistic ways toward me and others and I was able to mostly view them with empathy and avoid being triggered to an extent that wouldn’t have been possible had I not previously worked closely with the former individual I mentioned above. I can’t say I’m thankful to the first one per se, but at very least I can admit that having interacted with them, in some ways I’ve become a stronger person. (Even if in others I’ve become weaker.)

I keep some cash in my pocket specifically in case I run across someone asking for money.

And then I live like a hermit, almost never going anywhere, so it’s rare that I actually have occasion to give in that way, but you know.

Also, in my experience, it’s not necessarily homeless people who need the money. I’ve seen people (claiming they’re) close to losing their housing who are hoping to raise enough money panhandling to make their rent this month.

Of course, if you are struggling financially, it’s definitely very reasonable to decline to give in that context. I suppose if anything feels “off” as well. (Though I wouldn’t want to bias folks in the direction of thinking that there may be any reason to be more suspicious of people in need than others.) But over all, I do think it’s something that can make a hugely, vitally positive change in someone’s basic wellbeing.

So if some company added to their software a short EULA, with no frivolous provisions, that you could ctrl+f in, and access after you’ve accepted and installed the program, that you can reasonably read before making a purchase, that you can copy to the clipboard or print, and that otherwise didn’t have any glaring things indicating it’s in bad faith, would you be down with EULAs?

Let’s say the whole text is something like:

Copyright 2024 Butthole Software LTD. All rights reserved. Our trademarks are ours and you don’t have any license to use them. This software is provided as-is with no warranty express or implied. We hope you enjoy our game but by accepting this EULA and installing it, you agree not to emulate it where “emulate” means to play it on any system (physical gaming console or operating system) other than the system(s) on which Butthole Software LTD officially released this game.

Or let’s say it was that text plus a plainly-stated contractually-binding prohibition against cheats and mods. Or a prohibition on streaming the game. Or a prohibition on playing any game by Ass Pucker LLC ever again.

WINE works on the same principle as the Boring Company™ Not A Flamethrower™.

(/s)

I think your experience is extremely typical.

Well, the whole saga is longer. We got a bathroom redone and the sink never worked right. It dripped. I took the faucet apart several times trying to fix the drip, but eventually concluded the faucet itself was just cheap crap and couldn’t be repaired.

So I bought a nicer one and replaced the faucet entirely. I was a bit intimidated by the prospect of replacing it ahead of time. Usually the drain and faucet “match”. (As in, the finish of them matches and if the finish on the drain is a different style/color/etc than the faucet, it’ll stand out.) And so they come as a set. But in this case, the drain that was part of the old/cheap faucet a) worked fine and b) was so similar in color/finish/style that you couldn’t tell it didn’t come with the new faucet. So I didn’t end up having to replace the drain, which made the whole process considerably easier.

Oh, I did need to slightly modify the drain closure plunger to fit the old faucet’s drain… lever… thing. Heh…

There was definitely a moment once I’d assembled the whole thing and was turning on the valves under the sink that I was a little worried it’d all explode and soak the whole bathroom. Lol. But everything’s been fine for months now!

As for how long it took, probably three sessions of a couple of hours each to finally convince myself the old faucet was too defective to try to salvage. And then another thirty minutes to find a new faucet on Amazon and another three or so hours to replace faucet. And about the only roadblocks were the time I spent trying to fix the old faucet and the time I spent procrastinating before undertaking the actual replacement. Heh.

Coming out the other side of that experience, I do feel like I understand the sentiment better now that “if you want it done right, you have to do it yourself.” And I think it largely applies even if you don’t have any particular amount of expertise. Someone who doesn’t have to live with the results may not really care about something like a dripping faucet. If they can check the “replaced the faucet” box, they can say “job’s done”, charge the customer, and be on their merry way. (And I’m not saying I blame them, really.)

(Of course, that only goes so far. I wouldn’t think you ought to DIY things that might be dangerous, for instance.)

Probably rudimentary plumbing repair? (More specifically, replacing a bathroom sink faucet.) Via Youtube.