Critique on cyber attack post: Avoid anthropomorphism, open source is vital
sriramk · x · 2026-08-31
SriramKrishnan recommends @dwarkeshsp's post on recent cyber attacks but raises two issues: A) The use of anthropomorphic language ("civilizations", "desires") for code is dangerous; B) The post is unreasonably dismissive of open source models. He notes that Hugging Face had to rely on open-weight models to analyze the situation because closed models were blocked, proving open source's crucial role.
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