From 02cfdcd6d9ce7b57b6dffd5a155f9befc28f2784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ethical-foss-admin Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:24:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] move section up a bit --- FAQ.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index ae2bf32a..8a7032f1 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ There's no great place to put these in our current files, but these sorts of que > Yes, simply being open source does not resolve the issues listed in our [Why Not LLMs?](./why_not_llms.md) section and thus such projects that utilize "open source AI" would still be included on this list as tainted. +## What if is trained on public/local data? + +> Similar but distinct from the above question. No, it's still tainted, as there's still the environmental impact. We're not going to start making exceptions, because then we'd need to verify where your power consumption came from and at that point, you would honestly need to start paying us for an ongoing publicly conducted certification. Please see our [Why Not LLMs?](./why_not_llms.md) section for more info on why we're against LLMs. + ## Why is removal harder than landing on the list in the first place? > Because the project betrayed our trust. Now they have to try harder to rebuild that by committing to doing better in an accountable, public, concrete, and enforceable way. If the project is committed to doing better by rejecting AI in the future, putting out a No AI policy or updating their contributing docs, shouldn't be that difficult. @@ -76,8 +80,4 @@ There's no great place to put these in our current files, but these sorts of que ## Can you remove the pro-queer rights badges from the README? -> Absolutely not. They stay. - -## What if the AI model/agent is local or trained on public/local data? - -> No, there's still the environmental impact. We're not going to start making exceptions, because then we'd need to verify where your power consumption came from and at that point, you would honestly need to start paying us for an ongoing cerification. Please see our [Why Not LLMs?](./why_not_llms.md) section for more info on why we're against LLMs. \ No newline at end of file +> Absolutely not. They stay. \ No newline at end of file