From 4521bf23ea2fbf5ec7e8e5cee9bd8d351ab73dfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ethical-foss-admin Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:46:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Start a "Some Hope" file (#1220) ### Description of Changes This PR will add a positive file called "Some Hope" to help people bounce back from the negativity of the repo. Inspired by #1158 and #390. Anyone is free to help contribute here, during or after this PR. Co-authored-by: PeculiarDemon Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware/pulls/1220 --- SOME_HOPE.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 SOME_HOPE.md diff --git a/SOME_HOPE.md b/SOME_HOPE.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..88130e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/SOME_HOPE.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# Some Hope + +We recognize that, due to the nature of this repo drawing attention to unethical stances in software development, this can make people feel hopeless and even depressed or anxious. We want to start by saying: That's normal and healthy, even if it is unpleasant. It's good that you still feel something in the current state of the world, *however*, steeping in it for too long without breaks can be detrimental to even your willingness to do the right thing, so we're here to start adding some nice news showing that the AI bubble isn't everything you read on LinkedIn or hear out of some influencer's mouth. + +## People are opposing it + +A section to highlight honest opinion polls where people are changing their tune on AI. + +* [DuckDuckGo poll absolutely got overwhelmed by people saying they didn't want AI](https://voteyesornoai.com/) +* [List of citations opposing AI](https://aidirtylist.info/citations/clean/1/) + +## People are stopping/slowing AI Datacenters being built + +A section to highlight how people are slowing/stopping new AI datacenters from being built. + +* [Open Potition to Stop AI Datacenters in Finland](https://www.openpetition.eu/fi/petition/online/datakeskuksille-seis-stopp-foer-datacenter-stop-data-centres) + + +# Contributing + +Please feel free to contribute to this file! \ No newline at end of file