Dear All,///
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This is on behalf of the FLOSS group I mentioned earlier. Its website is
here <https://ox.ogeer.org/> and mailing list is here
<https://web.maillist.ox.ac.uk/ox/info/foss>.
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As a professional programmer and lover of Free and Open-Source Software,
should I be *embracing* GenAI or *boycotting* it?
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We're Oxford's Free, Libre, and Open-Source Software group, open to all
in the city in-person, and to everyone virtually. Our member Gareth
Smith <https://www.kindness.city/blog/> will discuss this talk in their
talk next week, and a Q&A afterwards. Everyone is welcome; no
registration needed!
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The Next FLOSS Frontier
<https://ox.ogeer.org/event/the-next-floss-frontier>*
Date: Thursday 4 June 2026
Time: 19:00-20:00 UK time
Location: Terry Newport Room, Magdalen College
<https://ox.ogeer.org/event/the-next-floss-frontier#:~:text=venue> and
Online <https://ogeer.org/ox/meet/tnff/>
Our code of conduct <https://ox.ogeer.org/p/code-of-conduct> applies to
all, as always.
More details, directions and accessibility:
https://ox.ogeer.org/event/the-next-floss-frontier
Gareth will discuss these way LLMs could be revolutionising coding:
* Empowering non-programmers to solve previously intractable problems.
* Shovelling toxic agentic asbestos into our digital infrastructure
* Making existing professional programmers hundreds of times more
productive
* Destroying the jobs market and causing layoffs
* Finding CVEs and making us more secure
* Wasting ecosystem-changing quantities of electricity and water
If these interest you, no matter your stance on AI, we look forwards to
meeting and discussing! Feel free to share this email.
After the talk, we will be (somewhat unrelatedly) exchanging stickers; I
have a /lot/ with the Software Freedom Conservancy's logo.
Oliver Geer (he/they).
