Thanks. I agree there are limitations to LLMs right now (and perhaps we won't figure out how to bolt on reliable intelligence for years to come).

I've been contributing to FLOSS for about 20 years. For example, if you're curious, this project took 3 years to write by hand: https://github.com/relm-us/relm

Thanks for your thoughtful reply, I think you have some great points. It's important that we understand, at some level, or trust. Lacking trust, we need to understand.

There are many groups in the space. Examples:

• https://openeurollm.eu/launch-press-release (European universities' initiative to create an open weights, open source foundation model)
• https://www.deepseek.com/en (Chinese research company that made headlines when they released an open weights model of similar quality as top LLM capabilities for far less than US companies spent in training and energy. They've been criticized for being Chinese and gathering data from users, but that criticism only applies if you're using their service, not their open weights model).
• https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/openelm (Apple released this model with training data)

Here's a more complete list: https://github.com/eugeneyan/open-llms

Thanks for your kind & thoughtful answer.

This is exactly what I'm trying to do, but I was taken aback at how negative the solarpunk community took things. I thought of myself as solarpunk, but I've had to reconsider since posting this.

For the Mavericks and Makers

I had some trouble with ZFS and kernel compatibility when upgrading the OS, so I switched to btrfs. It's been fine for 3 years now, including a kernel upgrade.

I love this approach.

Nit: "If you can find prior art that describes such a system before June 13, 2013, you could be a winner." ... 2013 is a typo I'm guessing?

I want to say this kindly--perhaps you're joking or part joking when you say "people suck in general"--but I wonder if this is more of a reflection of your outlook than people in general. I mean, we're internet strangers so I'm not exactly insulted by being one of the people out here who suck in general, but I'd like to think that if we crossed the chasm, and actually got to know each other, we'd see humanity and goodness in each other (without diminishing the reality of individual weaknesses, poor skills, and bad habits).

What would a good incentive structure look like? For example, would working with public school districts and being paid by them to ensure safe learning experiences count? Or are you thinking of something else?

Your condescension has sent my IED absolutely through the roof

Do I have to break out the crayons for you?

You understand condescension, and yet you still do it yourself.

Wolf in sheep's clothing