AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability Virtual Forum

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We are hosting an event on June 11! Join us. Register here: AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability Virtual Forum - Open Collective

It is impossible to argue against the assertion that AI is having profound impacts on many aspects of free, libre and open source software projects, communities and ecosystem.

If you have interest in exploring how AI in all its various and rapidly evolving forms is impacting FLOSS software and all those who work on the same, we invite you to join us for the next SustainOSS Virtual Forum on Thursday 11 June 2026.

At this SustainOSS Virtual Forum on AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability, we will survey the challenges, evolution, and opportunities emerging from the ever-expanding role of AI in software engineering, community management, project governance and, most importantly, the sustainability of our shared FLOSS universe. Specific topics to be addressed on the agenda will be identified in collaboration with confirmed participants.

We invite you to share your experiences, ideas, and concerns around the roles and impacts of AI in our rapidly changing ecosystems, across various scales, engage in respectful discussion, and envision goals and partnerships we can collectively embrace to sustain our open-source ecosystems.

More here: AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability Virtual Forum | A Space for Open Source Sustainers .

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Hello @RichardLitt and everyone,

I’m so sorry, but I have a scheduling conflict with my daughter’s graduation, so I’ll have to pass.

However, I don’t want to leave you without a few words, which would be the core of my communications:

Whatever technologies we have now and in the future, people will prevail.

As long was communities bring people in, and collaborate in shared values, we’ll be alright.

iA (see my capitalization?) is just another new(ish) technology, just like dynamite once was.

We have to keep our focus on what’s important, and what’s important is the people we care, and the Society we improve.

We (as in the Free, Libre and Open Source movement actors) exist to improve Society, and we do it by being part of the Society of Sharing, where each person is important and matters.

And that is why we (the same we as before) are always available to answer to the calling “Can someone help me!?” by saying:

“Yes. I will help you.”

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I’ve completely forgot and missed the event while being stuck in an endless loop between YouTube shorts, conversations with “self-evolving” agents (GitHub - razzant/ouroboros: Ouroboros — self-creating AI agent. Born Feb 16, 2026. · GitHub) and setting up my own replacement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAzT5lcezPs vs Tutorials - Gas City Docs ).

So it would be nice to get some summary of the talks and what happened there, and whatever @gvlx is talking holds some hope in it. Because for me, the “humanity” is done since Gratipocalypse. I personally disagree with many things.

Whatever technologies we have now and in the future, people will prevail.

Eradicating all wildlife except themselves, polluting the planet, killing each other.

As long was communities bring people in, and collaborate in shared values, we’ll be alright.

In my country it is impossible to organize even a small meetup. Only huge foreign banks are doing this for hiring.

iA (see my capitalization?) is just another new(ish) technology, just like dynamite once was.

Just like PID controller once was.

We have to keep our focus on what’s important, and what’s important is the people we care, and the Society we improve.

“We” don’t exist. Everybody can barely survive on its own. If somebody has more resources (eventually converted to money) they are not enough even to support relatives and close friends.

We (as in the Free, Libre and Open Source movement actors) exist to improve Society, and we do it by being part of the Society of Sharing, where each person is important and matters.

I share this vision. That Open Source is communi(cation|ty), but corporate supporters of SustainOSS don’t, because corporate exists to earn money by erasing identity.

“Yes. I will help you.”

We will keep silence, because we don’t want to “hurt” another person by saying “I can, but I don’t want to. I don’t want to the degree that I won’t.”.

AI have a chance to be a PID regulator for humans, but humans have so much hate that they would rather kill each other with drones.