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On reflection, I think the worst part of Cory Doctorow’s argument in favor of LLM use is this: « Doubtless some of you are affronted by my modest use of an LLM. You think that LLMs are "fruits of the
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Climate refugee in # Duluth Minnesota. Parrot and coffee enthusiast. If it bleeps I probably listen to it. Come for the computer nerdery, stay for the poop jokes.
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Climate refugee in # Duluth Minnesota. Parrot and coffee enthusiast. If it bleeps I probably listen to it. Come for the computer nerdery, stay for the poop jokes.
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Feb 22, 2026
Let me give an example of how I’m not perfect.
I believe that environmental plastics are a big problem and we should try to cut out plastic packaging. Do I buy products packaged in plastic? Absolutely yes! There are some kinds of product I don’t think it’s possible to find in non-plastic packaging. An example from last week: CR2032 batteries. They’re sold in hard-to-open plastic packages for safety reasons. (They’re also apparently coated in something bitter to discourage kids from swallowing them, which immediately made me want to taste one out of curiosity, but I was able to resist that urge.)
On the other hand, if I’m buying olive oil and there are two bottles on the shelf, and one is plastic and the other is glass, I’ll buy the oil in the glass bottle, even if it’s a bit more expensive, because glass is both recyclable and less harmful in the environment. The canola oil in the kitchen, on the other hand, is in a plastic bottle; I’ve never seen any sold in glass.
So yeah, we can’t be perfect, and I absolutely don’t expect you to be, but let’s all try to be a bit better eh?
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