"NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OS" (https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/13/netbsd-m...)

Kind of like I can criticize the societal impact of many things yet still participate in those systems when necessary.

I don't think anyone will be able to avoid AI assisted software entirely. They can avoid contributions to those projects, and projects are free to have their anti-AI policy.

I use AI a lot, but am highly skeptical of its net benefit to society. I'm more concerned with the omnipotent surveillance state we're barrelling toward without regulations. I'm concerned with the jobs apocalypse that no politician is taking seriously. I'm concerned with the dissociation from reality that it will cause with audio and video being as believable as real recordings.

Those are valid options.

Adapt to the times, use AI as a tool, not as a colleague.

>What is the game plan? Use an OS version older than 2023? Stop using tech?

A lot of us are discussing the best pre-slop kernels to use, and tech has ceased to be an exciting passion so yes to both.