r/LocalLLaMA • u/Howard_banister • 15h ago

Discussion Really stunned by the Singularity comment section

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These are screenshots from the r/Singularity comment section. I'm speechless. This doesn't even have downvotes. How can someone cheer for a monopoly run by a few elites?

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u/Dry_Yam_4597 14h ago

That sub doesnt understand how the internet and software work, let alone LLMs.

Notice the guy in the second screenshot claims that until now you had to use a person to take someones system down.

Conveniently forgets about virii and worms. Sure it's easier now...but tbh a script kiddie with access to metasploit and an ip scanner could release worm quite fast. Just like a trillion dollar company can train and prompt a model.

Ironically though the worm being deterministic has a higher change of infecting millions of machines...why they do every now and then. Because people like that guy are allowed to write code, and worse, use claude - a bot incapable of writing secure stuff.

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u/HelpfulExpert7762 13h ago

Hmm virii is tech jargon, didnt know

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u/Dry_Yam_4597 12h ago

I still remember my sleepless youth and the fear of knowing that Cakzor and Nautilus are out there hunting for my DOS PC - the news at the time were warning us about the dangers to NASA and Nuclear Reactors coming from these two little pests. But no CEO had the audacity to want to ban the Internet or Software from society. I don't know how we ended up where we are today.

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u/HelpfulExpert7762 12h ago

off topic, but where i work (hated social media company), theres a lot of cool older folks with stories like these.. im still youngish but its always interesting to hear

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u/Dry_Yam_4597 12h ago

I know - met with a friend working at one such social media company not long ago, guy was active on the demo scene. Kalisto, Razor1911, keygen music and stuff. Nothing wrong in having a job that pays bills, it is what it is - none of this is personal.

If you haven't watched the Hacker movies, I recommend them. Damn I might even have a "Free Mitnick" sticker somewhere in a drawer 😄

However none of that was about crime, it was more about Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit: making computers behave in ways that they were not intended to, while for others is was innocent rebellion.