AI doomerism is counterproductive. We are not on the brink of AGI, and there are far more immediate concerns to tackle. LLMs pose serious economic/environmental threats, and big tech will use them for rent seeking. When you push this loose apocalyptic talk, you cede ground to big tech.
Bluesky has started invading its users' privacy using KWS, a subsidiary of Epic Games. Why would anyone believe Epic Games has any incentive to safeguard sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII)? Where are the publicly reviewable third-party audits? #privacy
npm needs to - Significantly reduce dependency bloat - End the micro-library nonsense - Develop a standard library - Define critical packages that are not vulnerable to the comprise of one admin - npm cli needs to tell you what it's about to do followed by a yes/no prompt
