#softwareethics — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #softwareethics, aggregated by home.social.
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🚨Breaking News: Claude Code user discovers they've been unwittingly transformed into a lab rat 🐀 for secret A/B tests. Apparently, paying $200/month doesn't exempt you from surprise software roulette—who knew?! 🤷♂️ And who better to conduct clandestine experiments than an AI safety company with a PhD in 'Meta' ethics. 🎓🔍
https://backnotprop.com/blog/do-not-ab-test-my-workflow/ #BreakingNews #ClaudeCode #LabRat #ABTesting #SoftwareEthics #AIExperiments #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨Breaking News: Claude Code user discovers they've been unwittingly transformed into a lab rat 🐀 for secret A/B tests. Apparently, paying $200/month doesn't exempt you from surprise software roulette—who knew?! 🤷♂️ And who better to conduct clandestine experiments than an AI safety company with a PhD in 'Meta' ethics. 🎓🔍
https://backnotprop.com/blog/do-not-ab-test-my-workflow/ #BreakingNews #ClaudeCode #LabRat #ABTesting #SoftwareEthics #AIExperiments #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨Breaking News: Claude Code user discovers they've been unwittingly transformed into a lab rat 🐀 for secret A/B tests. Apparently, paying $200/month doesn't exempt you from surprise software roulette—who knew?! 🤷♂️ And who better to conduct clandestine experiments than an AI safety company with a PhD in 'Meta' ethics. 🎓🔍
https://backnotprop.com/blog/do-not-ab-test-my-workflow/ #BreakingNews #ClaudeCode #LabRat #ABTesting #SoftwareEthics #AIExperiments #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨Breaking News: Claude Code user discovers they've been unwittingly transformed into a lab rat 🐀 for secret A/B tests. Apparently, paying $200/month doesn't exempt you from surprise software roulette—who knew?! 🤷♂️ And who better to conduct clandestine experiments than an AI safety company with a PhD in 'Meta' ethics. 🎓🔍
https://backnotprop.com/blog/do-not-ab-test-my-workflow/ #BreakingNews #ClaudeCode #LabRat #ABTesting #SoftwareEthics #AIExperiments #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨Breaking News: Claude Code user discovers they've been unwittingly transformed into a lab rat 🐀 for secret A/B tests. Apparently, paying $200/month doesn't exempt you from surprise software roulette—who knew?! 🤷♂️ And who better to conduct clandestine experiments than an AI safety company with a PhD in 'Meta' ethics. 🎓🔍
https://backnotprop.com/blog/do-not-ab-test-my-workflow/ #BreakingNews #ClaudeCode #LabRat #ABTesting #SoftwareEthics #AIExperiments #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, the cutting-edge revelation that companies need to *hire* someone to tell customers they won't sell their data to the highest bidder. 🤔🙄 Because apparently, trust is now a software feature that requires JavaScript and cookies to load. 🍪🔒
https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2025/10/14/why-more-saas-companies-are-hiring-chief-trust-officers #dataprivacy #trustissues #customertrust #softwareethics #technews #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Oh look, another tech drama where Datastar claims to be the Mother Teresa of developers while sneakily sliding features behind a #paywall like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. 🐇🎩 The "MIT-licensed and free" mantra is repeated like a broken record, hoping no one notices the Emperor’s new clothes. 👗👀
https://data-star.dev/essays/greedy_developer #techdrama #developerstories #MITlicense #softwareethics #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Oh look, another tech drama where Datastar claims to be the Mother Teresa of developers while sneakily sliding features behind a #paywall like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. 🐇🎩 The "MIT-licensed and free" mantra is repeated like a broken record, hoping no one notices the Emperor’s new clothes. 👗👀
https://data-star.dev/essays/greedy_developer #techdrama #developerstories #MITlicense #softwareethics #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Oh look, another tech drama where Datastar claims to be the Mother Teresa of developers while sneakily sliding features behind a #paywall like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. 🐇🎩 The "MIT-licensed and free" mantra is repeated like a broken record, hoping no one notices the Emperor’s new clothes. 👗👀
https://data-star.dev/essays/greedy_developer #techdrama #developerstories #MITlicense #softwareethics #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Oh look, another tech drama where Datastar claims to be the Mother Teresa of developers while sneakily sliding features behind a #paywall like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. 🐇🎩 The "MIT-licensed and free" mantra is repeated like a broken record, hoping no one notices the Emperor’s new clothes. 👗👀
https://data-star.dev/essays/greedy_developer #techdrama #developerstories #MITlicense #softwareethics #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨Breaking news🚨: Software engineers discovered ethics! 😲 Apparently, when asked to commit illegal acts, they... wait for it... *said no*! 🥳 Who knew engineers had spines and morals? Next up: programmers learn to tie their own shoes! 🤔👟
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/asked-to-do-something-illegal-at-work/ #BreakingNews #SoftwareEthics #SoftwareEngineers #Morals #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
Hold onto your silicon, folks! California lawmakers have greenlit an AI safety bill (SB 53) demanding more transparency from big AI players. Of course, the plot twist: Newsom might veto it.
Is this a step towards responsible AI or just another legislative dance? What's your take?
#AI #GovTech #TechNews #SoftwareEthics #AIRegulation
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/13/california-lawmakers-pass-ai-safety-bill-sb-53-but-newsom-could-still-veto/ -
You're Probably Breaking the Llama Community License
https://notes.victor.earth/youre-probably-breaking-the-llama-community-license/
#HackerNews #LlamaCommunityLicense #BreakingLicense #OpenSource #CommunityGuidelines #SoftwareEthics
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You're Probably Breaking the Llama Community License
https://notes.victor.earth/youre-probably-breaking-the-llama-community-license/
#HackerNews #LlamaCommunityLicense #BreakingLicense #OpenSource #CommunityGuidelines #SoftwareEthics
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So, I'm (still) looking for work (senior Python backend developer with experience at a lot of other things, if you're curious). And the job postings I'm looking at bear a noticeable difference from the last time I had to actively look for a job a few years back.
I keep seeing stuff that's anywhere between borderline-unethical and inarguably-unethical-bordering-on-illegal.
An example I saw today was for a back-end developer. They didn't outright say it, but I got the impression they're building an "AI" model, or possibly selling training material to those that do. The "must-haves" for the position included wording to the effect of "extensive experience defeating anti-scraping measures".
Twenty years ago, that posting would have been on the dark web; actively working to defeat website operators / content owners protections of their web content? And today, that's just perfectly fine to put in a listing on a major job site?
Have the ethics of my industry slipped into the sewer in the last five years, and I just didn't notice until now?
#software #engineering #ethics #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareEthics #job #posting #JobPosting #unethical
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CW: Gambling, suicide
Working for these gambling companies is no better than selling drugs IMO. They don't make all that money from occasional betting, they make it by preying on people like this. These firms need people with a high degree of technical skill to operate; if we agreed not to help them, they'd be stuck.
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🤔 Are you a satisfied user of closed-source, non-free software? Would you consider advocating for such software? I'd love to hear your thoughts! Why or why not? #TechDebate #SoftwareEthics
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Liebe Microsoft-Fans,
ich habe schon häufiger die hypothetische Frage gestellt:
"Was müsste Microsoft tun, wo für Euch eine Grenze überschritten ist, dass Ihr es nicht mehr ok findet?
Was wäre z.B., wenn Microsoft alle Tastatureingaben aufzeichnet und an MS-Server schickt?"Jetzt geht Microsoft sogar soweit und macht alle 5 Sekunden Screenshots. Ist die Grenze jetzt überschritten?
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Liebe Microsoft-Fans,
ich habe schon häufiger die hypothetische Frage gestellt:
"Was müsste Microsoft tun, wo für Euch eine Grenze überschritten ist, dass Ihr es nicht mehr ok findet?
Was wäre z.B., wenn Microsoft alle Tastatureingaben aufzeichnet und an MS-Server schickt?"Jetzt geht Microsoft sogar soweit und macht alle 5 Sekunden Screenshots. Ist die Grenze jetzt überschritten?
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Liebe Microsoft-Fans,
ich habe schon häufiger die hypothetische Frage gestellt:
"Was müsste Microsoft tun, wo für Euch eine Grenze überschritten ist, dass Ihr es nicht mehr ok findet?
Was wäre z.B., wenn Microsoft alle Tastatureingaben aufzeichnet und an MS-Server schickt?"Jetzt geht Microsoft sogar soweit und macht alle 5 Sekunden Screenshots. Ist die Grenze jetzt überschritten?
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Liebe Microsoft-Fans,
ich habe schon häufiger die hypothetische Frage gestellt:
"Was müsste Microsoft tun, wo für Euch eine Grenze überschritten ist, dass Ihr es nicht mehr ok findet?
Was wäre z.B., wenn Microsoft alle Tastatureingaben aufzeichnet und an MS-Server schickt?"Jetzt geht Microsoft sogar soweit und macht alle 5 Sekunden Screenshots. Ist die Grenze jetzt überschritten?
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Liebe Microsoft-Fans,
ich habe schon häufiger die hypothetische Frage gestellt:
"Was müsste Microsoft tun, wo für Euch eine Grenze überschritten ist, dass Ihr es nicht mehr ok findet?
Was wäre z.B., wenn Microsoft alle Tastatureingaben aufzeichnet und an MS-Server schickt?"Jetzt geht Microsoft sogar soweit und macht alle 5 Sekunden Screenshots. Ist die Grenze jetzt überschritten?
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"Desarrollador de libfoo obtiene salario retroactivo, indefinido de gracia de RedHat, OMS, Naciones Unidas, por esforzadamente mantener componente de 200 líneas que mantiene la economía del mundo occidental."
(Ver: https://xkcd.com/2347/ )
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"Developer of libfoo awarded retroactive, lifetime grace salary by RedHat, WTO, UN for thanklessly maintaining 200 LOC component that sustains the entire Western world economy."
(See: https://xkcd.com/2347/ )
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I am reading the recently released #TheASF Generative Tooling Guidance (https://www.apache.org/legal/generative-tooling.html) and wondering how other organizations and projects approach this problem.
Are there any #FOSS / #OpenSource folks on Fediverse that can shed some light on that? TIA
#GenerativeAI #ChatGPT #SoftwareEthics -
Developers should consider the potential harm of their AI creations from the very beginning and implement mitigation measures during development.
Leslie Miley - Technical Advisor to the CTO at Microsoft - discusses the responsibilities of developers, tech companies, and individuals in ensuring a more responsible & ethical approach to #AI development.
🎧 Listen to the #InfoQ #podcast: https://bit.ly/3HG9eNz
#transcript included
