Closing Keynote Day 3
summary
Contrasts free software (centered on user freedom) with open source (practical, depoliticized); claims large language models are generators not AI that produce fluent but frequently false output and must not be trusted for accuracy on websites. Urges running programs locally rather than on someone else’s server, blocking non‑free browser code with LibreJS, and using GNU Taler (taler.net) for payer‑anonymous/payee‑identified payments. Cites the July 19 Cloudflare outage as a centralization failure and rates GitHub F for repository freedom.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Free software vs open source
- 4:02Critique of AI models
- 8:13Dangers of remote servers
- 12:03Software licenses and control
- 17:40JavaScript and web security
- 22:43Web accessibility and reliability
- 26:20Problems with recommendation engines
- 30:01Critique of GitHub
- 31:50GNU Taler payment system
- 36:52Audience questions
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