they really aren't "just tools". This analogy is just wrong and extremely misleading.
They are services provided by an organization that have politics embedded into them.
A pen doesn't influence WHAT you're writing. An LLM's training process, which is controlled and managed by people with certain politics, very much influences what it's output will be.
Æ.
npub187…j005y
2026-03-13 11:01:39 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…0kc4
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