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I'm not habitually modifying the software I use yet, but I can see a path to that which didn't exist a year or so ago.

The author closes by noting he is not yet routinely modifying his software, but LLMs have opened a path to doing so that did not exist a year ago. ✦ AI generated

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I'm not habitually modifying the software I use yet, but I can see a path to that which didn't exist a year or so ago.

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In practice, the freedom of open source mostly means leaning on other people to do the examining and modifying, because most people can't justify the time commitment to read and modify code themselves.Author (Hacker News comment) · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 60%

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One of the arguments for open source software for end-users has always been the freedom to examine and modify how that software works.Author (Hacker News comment) · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 60%LLMs have changed the equation in a way that makes the original open-source dream of examining and modifying code much more feasible.Author (Hacker News comment) · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 60%