From af139eac7aeebdf874ed9f88dbe1738e25fc8694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ethical-foss-admin Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:21:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] answer fthe "locally trainted" and "local AI model/agent" question this comes up every month or two --- FAQ.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index b0a3b84d..ae2bf32a 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -76,4 +76,8 @@ 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. \ No newline at end of file +> 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