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Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by u1hcw9nx on Friday February 27, 2026 @04:28AM (#47178515)
What I read is: Anything not open source, open weight, is evil.

I disagree. The concept of nuance, putting things in context, is the source of all good in internet discussions.

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Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by GardenLetter27 on Friday February 27, 2026 @05:21AM (#47178830)
No, but lobbying the government to prohibit open source / open weight models is evil.

They literally want to use state violence to control what we can do on our own computers.

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Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by FabHK on Friday February 27, 2026 @11:47AM (#47182652)
Anytime there is any law about anything you can say that it's ultimately backed "using state violence". That's just silly. As silly as the notion that there shouldn't be any rules and limits whatsoever about what you can do with your computer.
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Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by ImPostingOnHN on Friday February 27, 2026 @01:22PM (#47183703)
> As silly as the notion that there shouldn't be any rules and limits whatsoever about what you can do with your computer.

Hard disagree. There shouldn't be any rules or limits whatsoever about what I can do with my computer, and especially ON my computer, as long as the thing I'm doing doesn't break other laws (CFAA, CSAM, etc).

This is, after all, Hacker News.

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Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by FabHK on Saturday February 28, 2026 @12:45AM (#47190937)
Obviously, we are saying the same thing: there are (and should be) laws that limit what you can do on your computer, and within those limits, you can do what you want.
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Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by ImPostingOnHN on Saturday February 28, 2026 @02:03AM (#47191461)
There is a distinction between laws limiting what you can do in general, whether with computer or not, and attempting to control what happens on the computer even when no other laws are being broken. I believe you may be unintentionally blurring that line.

To wit, the specific example you and I are discussing, is running open source software on a computer you own.

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