It reduces the foothold available for AI-free projects, in particular once "big enough" projects like Firefox or Linux get infected. Since there is significant inertia to switching to, or even developing, an alternative (a web browser might have been casual dev in 1998; right now it almost requires a Corporation to coast the development). Also it normalizes the idea of having AI in development, which is in itself dangerous.

[–] TacoSocks@infosec.pub 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Legal Ramifications
Legal Cases And Law Problems
License Problems
Stolen Training Data
Environmental Impact
Labor
Poor Code Quality
Deskilling
Infosec risks
Healthy and Safety
Ties to the War Industrial Complex
Effects on Policing
Maintainer Fatigue
Effect on Hardware Prices

This website linked in the post you replied to lists a bunch of reasons.

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

"Stolen"

Who has had their stuff taken away from, in a way that they don't have it anymore?

"But copying is actually exactly like plundering a whole ship" - RIAA

Copyright crusaders have always been pathetic bootlickers of capitalist middlemen parasites who enclose the commons and then demand ransom.