It fucking hurt having to write the above.
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Got a reply, my request has been forwarded to responsible parties. The reply also included an ask to keep an open mind.
For the sake of transparency, this is the reply I'm sending:
> I mainly am replying, though, to say I respect your opinion and to
> ask you to at least keep an open mind regarding what the values are.
Sorry, I have no desire to change my mind. My stance on LLMs is
unshakeable, and it is not a moderate stance[1]. The only way it can
change is going more extreme.
[1]: https://come-from.mad-scientist.club/@algernon/statuses/01KPAF6EKVYS3FY3M2PNDZMH7S
I'll sign any papers regarding the revocation if necessary, and see to
it that it's properly done, but I wish to have nothing to do with the
SFC or anyone involved with aforementioned policy in the future. Sorry.
The crawlers have knocked my sites offline1, keeping things online required considerable financial effort2, even more work to counter the crawler assault3. My work has been stolen and regurgritated. I've had trouble finding work due to my unwillingness to use these "things"4.
There are countless people who can say the same.
The entire "AI" business is evil. What do we do with evil? We fucking fight it, not debate it, not "keep an open mind" about it.
And if you can't reach a consensus in an organization? Then do the next best thing: shut up. Or you end up burning bridges, and burn them hard.
They no longer do, but not for lack of trying. ↩︎
Upscaling my server from time to time was not cheap, for one, and that's only half of it. ↩︎
I'm proud of what I accomplished with iocaine, but I could have spent the time I had to dedicate to it on better things. ↩︎
I'm okay on the work front at the moment, though. ↩︎
Further updates: there's been a couple of more emails exchanged, my request has been acknowledged.
It also turns out that the legal thing here is not a revocation of the agreement, but the SFC assigning copyright back to me, and that'll happen.
Took a bit for my relayhost to deliver the message, but it eventually did.