I tried to use an LLM to write a script for me. It confidently told me I could split a string in OpenSCAD with the [1:] operator. It works in Python, but isn’t an OpenSCAD feature.

Fortunately, programming has a good way of letting you know when the LLM is completely wrong.

The worrying part is that the LLMs can sometimes produce code that runs, but has massive security issues that you don’t notice if you just run the code and don’t closely analyse it.

Hello World

Google removed their motto “don’t be evil”. I think that alone will answer your question.

If they get one angry message they’ll ignore it. If they get 10,000 angry messages they might start worrying about what the people who haven’t sent messages will do if they proceed.

Public outcry doesn’t always work, but it has worked enough times to try again. It takes minimal effort for a significant potential gain.

Sounds about as forward thinking as most politicians I know.