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Re:American AI is locked down and proprietary. It's losing by rurp on Monday July 20, 2026 @04:18PM (#48984338)
Software being open source has many strong positive externalities. It advances human knowledge and freedom. If you don't think that counts as a moral good then I'm baffled by what you think a moral good is.
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Re:American AI is locked down and proprietary. It's losing by ericmay on Monday July 20, 2026 @04:21PM (#48984363)
It depends on how it is applied. You can release open source software that advances knowledge and freedom that results in economic destruction or the loss of life, for example.
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