to be honest, I don't think that KDE is acting in bad faith. they do genuinely seem to be trying their best, even if it doesn't look like it. from what I can gather, it does seem like they *are* actually *trying* to get an anti-AI policy.
nuance (scary word, I know) is important to take into account - it's way too easy to boil issues down to a black and white *us vs. them* mentality, but reality is never that simple. KDE isn't *solely* led by people who are on fedi for hours per day, or people who have thoroughly researched the effects of AI - there are very likely a lot of people at KDE (much like in real life) who have only heard about AI through praise from biased news outlets, word of mouth or in passing (see: [XKCD 2501](https://xkcd.com/2501))
if you haven't actually researched the real harms of AI, and you haven't had someone you know tell you about it, it's remarkably easy to mistake it for just another tool. you have to remember, there's a considerable amount of older people in FOSS that can't keep up with all the tech that's being developed constantly
this isn't to say that ignorance is a good excuse (it isn't) but please consider that not everyone has the same information that you do, and please *be reasonable*
as someone who also has managed several communities in the past, I know how easy it is to fuck up in a way that makes it easy for you to be painted as a horrible person (especially if the moderation tools available to you are awful - like on gitlab)
not to mention, it's far too easy to forget that you're talking to another person when you're having an online conversation - you can't see the other person or what they look like.
is KDE perfect? absolutely not, **_nobody is_**
is KDE *evil*? I don't think so
Lilith Ashley Nyx Arson :mk_demon_red:
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