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Written on February 22, 2026 by ΞVΞ🦋

Reading Recluse

The LLM discourse on the Fediverse has really irked me the last few days.

Refusing to read writing made with the use of LLMs and refusing to give time to writers who use, promote or justify the use of LLMs is not purity culture, it's a boycott. It's a political act of withdrawing my time, resources and support for something that I find deeply morally wrong. It's protest. I have a choice and I refuse.

LLMs are exploitative, destructive, biased, mediocre parroting machines. Using them has a negative impact on the climate, the arts, the quality of the internet, the job market, the economy, the accessibility of electronics, even on skill development, creativity and mental health. LLMs are made and trained on the unpaid labour of millions -if not billions- of people who didn't consent. Their generic output litter the path to finding anything by true human creators.

Wherever I can, for as long as I can, I reject LLMs and anything that is related to them. I'm boycotting.

February 22, 2026, 10:34 am 1,151 boosts 1,742 favorites

There shouldn’t even be a discourse. It’s a nobrainer that the tradeoffs aren’t worth the means. Sadly there’s no way to completely avoid using it. Doctors offices and every business and their mom’s is using it even if you’re not aware they are.

What pisses me off is the job losses behind it. It’s like hiring a 3rd grader to do a job a human adult can do more efficiently. I’m pretty sure it costs a whole lot more financially and ecologically to maintain the job with a robot than to just hire a human. Businesses really go hard in not wanting to pay people. Even to the point of not making sense.