Olivia

@canadaduane I think also one of the key things that influences this is that most of these generative AI models tend to be trained on stolen, uncredited work. And it’s often very hard to prove it when they often don’t share their work or do at times seem to lose evidence.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/21/24302606/openai-erases-evidence-in-training-data-lawsuit

There’s a reason why openAI declares it’s over if it’s not fairuse. Because the way they used this technology could not have been built without exploitation.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/openai-urges-trump-either-settle-ai-copyright-debate-or-lose-ai-race-to-china/

@canadaduane @heavydust

@codingtrain has so many interesting an unique videos on how to do creative coding with p5.js that was made with inclusivity and accessibility in mind.

https://www.youtube.com/@TheCodingTrain/videos

you can have a look at https://p5js.org/ and see what I mean too. I’d recommend them too!

@canadaduane @heavydust

If you’re interested in getting your daughter involved in computers or coding,

I’d recommend introducing her to places like https://thisgirl.codes/ or https://www.shecodes.io/
https://girlswhocode.com/

My favourites is Linda Liukas who made Hello Ruby. https://www.helloruby.com/

Her videos on how the computer works are beautiful and show that computing is accessible to all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHeq-sMYd0g
I have many resources like this so do feel free to ask me!

@canadaduane
I can see the appeal of wanting to build something just for you to do something custom you want, but I don’t think there’s a place in solarpunk, where you don’t learn this skill yourself, or ask one of your friends or a coding collective to help you customise existing off the self free open source solution to your needs.

Solarpunk is also a revolution of how we relate to one another and not just how we use technology. 5/

@canadaduane If you don’t understand fundamentally what your software is doing, you’re not going to be able to fix it.

Moreover, if you’re going to build software that you rely on, (hence why it can cost millions of $) and it fails, and someone gets hurt or even killed because of it, It’s on you. 4/

@canadaduane The reason why software development can cost “millions of dollars to thousands” is because they’re paying multiple highly skilled software developers who not only know how to build software, but know how to do it as a team, and know how to ensure their programs actually do what they’re supposed to do (by writing unit tests, documenting their code complying with any other none coding requirements like ethics)

genAI devalues the skill and labour that goes into making software. 3/

@canadaduane
Not to mention, everyone should have computing literacy, because not only does it teach one computational thinking skills which are useful in and of themselves outside of computing, but because you learn problem solving skills.

Asking a language model to build something for you that you’re going to rely on, may not mean what you ask it to build will work, or will be safe. It’s an llm. You need to be able to understand what it has given back to you to spot any errors. 2/

@canadaduane Okay yeah, the answer is still no.

Everything useful that one does requires skill, whether its metalworking, painting, brick laying, doing pluming and programming.

Just because it takes time to learn these skills doesn’t make it inaccessible to people to learn.

What makes coding or larger computer science skills inaccessible to people are non-inclusive teachers who don’t know how to teach it well. Take it from someone who studies CS.

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@solo @canadaduane
Short answer no.
But let’s have a read to be sure I get what you’re suggesting here