Vegetarianism is such a bad label lol

Just say GenAI-free; organic software (written by organic agents as opposed to silicon-based ones); or, literally anything that actually means what you wrote.

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CodeMage 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I liked it immediately, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it until I saw your comment.

To me, "vegetarianism" is a much better label than "organic" or "GenAI-free". People who buy "organic" and "free range" do so because they believe it's better: higher quality, healthier, etc. (Whether they're right depends a lot on the requirements placed on that label and how those requirements are enforced, but that's tangential here.)

On the other hand, vegetarianism used to be this weird, niche thing that people made fun of. Vegetarians had to fight for acceptance. This is exactly how I feel about this new world that I find myself in, where AI is being shoved down everyone's throat and where developers (like me) who resist it are treated like a weird, niche group of outcasts.

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beloch 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

At least they didn't go with "AI Veganism".

It might be better to shoot for terms that have more positive associations. e.g. Someone might claim to be a fan of "soul code" (i.e. Code made by people with souls and not LLM's). Soul food is pretty tasty after all.

	▲	duskdozer 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Negative associations? I'm not vegan myself but it's definitely a positive thing from my perspective.

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nine_k 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They would rather could go with an "organic" label, as in produced naturally, not synthesized.

BTW I honestly expect the "certified organic content" label to appear on texts, music, pictures, etc, signifying the lack of AI involvement.

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simonw 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What makes "organic software" better than vegetarianism?

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c54 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not GP but I like that “organic” implies that it came from a living organism. “Organic content” both carries the idea of specificity of consumption and also the idea that the content was produced by a living organism. The association maps directly onto what OP is referring to.

“Vegetarian” works insofar as it borrows the context of specificity of consumption, but only directly implies consuming non-animal products, which doesn’t map onto the OPs meaning as nicely.

	▲	ryandrake 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think it was a mistake to apply a label to the normal, default case of food that comes from living organisms. We should have just called it food. The label should have been "inorganic" or something, for the unnatural, non-default case. Same for software. We don't need to justify a new "human made" label. Just call that stuff software. They should need to differentiate their "AI made" software with a label.

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m4rtink 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Organic software" kinda reminds me of the servitors in WH40k. :P

In case, any also 100% AI free! ;-)

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colechristensen 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Organic in the sense of chemistry meaning... coming from an organism, at least in the original sense. Chemistry expanded this to carbon chemistry with some exceptions and no particularly exact rules (it's a term that doesn't get all that much focus from experts, sorry pedants)

Vegetarianism is about people eating plants.

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seanmcdirmid 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I thought the proper term being used was hand crafted artisanal software?

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thesuperbigfrog 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>> Vegetarianism is such a bad label lol

Agreed. I was expecting to find AI-generated vegetarian recipes.

Actually, I wonder if they would be any good.

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Polizeiposaune 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If the analogy is to diet, Paleo seems like a better fit than vegetarian.

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