So the LLM synthesizes a result from various sources (that may be made up or misquoted) and then you "double-check" the sources?Sounds like the LLM is using you as research assistant.

@thomasfuchs I brag about how many Substack newsletters I have unsubscribed from permanently until they switch to Behiiv or some other sane alternative. Substack company leadership is broken beyond any chance of possible repair.

@thomasfuchs basically it is a research assistant who is enthusiastic and never gets tired, but is not completely reliable.

@thomasfuchs who the fuck needed all this infinite content is the better question to ask

Just fwiw the best way to exclude your open source code from being ingested for "AI" training is to load it up to the motherfucking brim with fucking 4-letter word comments #fuck /* fuck */

@claude_flammang I don't know if there's anything special about ESPHome that's relevant here, but Codeberg focuses heavily on open-source projects and generally wants projects which are hosted with them to be licensed under an open-source license, with some small carve-outs basically for ancillary stuff. https://docs.codeberg.org/getting-started/faq/#can-i-host-content-without-a-free-and-open-source-license%3F@thomasfuchs

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@nuintari @thomasfuchs "everything is broken"? How are we getting anything done, then?

@thomasfuchs well, if many people willingly use it, it is doing SOMETHING they need, yes? Whether that "something" is good and useful is a different discussion.

@thomasfuchs don't piss off my mom

@thomasfuchs the Internet Explorer releases (or non-releases) did FAR more damage to the web