LLMs are the culmination of human knowledge — and should stay open, argues Redditor
SadSongsMakeMeGlad · reddit · 2026-09-12
Pushing back on recent AI doomsaying, a Reddit post argues LLMs are the culmination of human knowledge and decades of computing progress. The author accepts concerns about deployment and control but rejects calling the technology itself 'slop': a tool you can talk to in natural language that harnesses the full breadth of human knowledge doesn't replace creativity, it supercharges it. The post calls on people to fight for the right version of this technology — open and free, not owned by corporations or governments.
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