Let's make the "empowerment" claim, that is somewhat true, here: it's true that most people experience computers as black boxes, and for a long time it has been the case that only the "hacker class" has access to "sieze the means of computation", as it were.
This is attached to my concerns of a scenario I call a "LLM Prison Riot". I strongly believe in capability security, and believe it is the *bare minimum* in a post-LLM environment... even if you aren't using LLMs, because our software supply chain is becoming rapidly less …
See I’ve been trying to find ways to express myself artistically and struggling a bit. Skill issue, perfectionism and not knowing what’s my style yet. But I’ve been enjoying seeing a lot of textile art. I want to give it a go as it also allows me to give scraps a new life.
