From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org (eggs.gnu.org [209.51.188.92]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7544434250E for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2026 03:00:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.51.188.92 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775098828; cv=none; b=GzF3U/gk+UWGl7aVYuou18n+GqMXn/tvFjkKyHOdcxOBLvH6YhfX1sRs/JayEFkL+8rGiw26DEAtoY8QYUxXz6fThbfU3zDK1Yy4Cx0Q7gk5+xZVCOHyelV9MtQ/RIDfBiw0rcERGFwupbAyXFsCGdRbrwfrWGOd9QUrQezd1Hk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775098828; c=relaxed/simple; bh=5csu6qvyqCvKBXGb1O4JG9pkm3ljoWfiVQ6mivuyfg0=; h=Content-Type:From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:Subject:References:Message-Id: Date; b=pFyCZcQ/6Gmwbs1iFSRYCndduwHOu/HPGdQ+BxipGnybGCxb/gmJxFlfLVN9pPU8krNIuJsRWRSsqPUf9UElj8IT56/6uH/pHd0OeZ1aqM6aQjhX8Ho9mkqxB58ni5iBg2H/sYb1UnfBbW6eOGLpK1izW/EegVxGVbWRuLWX5Vk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gnu.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gnu.org header.i=@gnu.org header.b=S0BvfKcw; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.51.188.92 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gnu.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gnu.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gnu.org header.i=@gnu.org header.b="S0BvfKcw" Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1w88Hw-0002MF-LQ; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:00:08 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Date:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: mime-version; bh=Ou4V2TcOh4FQX6ZnE98oMpaQmGYBPaxCBpsi6bpUQ7I=; b=S0BvfKcwUca6 nYgn5dgcNxEd6Vhevcrmp9GelAk+PrfBq5wMgpAvsr893NaNc3Xt53RTmBWkKXBvzfQhW+6UttqNs g5lOATfQjDpFgIwhamYPNewIDIxli8o9VzYHG3WaY+YsyLPIhBlMHTRzOsPVuh9XBlgHnFSw7BS8f BypMcwctntYudzl+mmFIj8WuKyBqwWn8iluIdVyycKCKcMfuVI9NY5WU55aCDSjp59Beyn8C+lOHs 1oGffD/6P7k0FewMAKdRaXZsHHasX48N1v3NFvj+h2bT6Xfr1UYxJ8Mc0GUBf0/0jvDzrnYOQktGC LcDR2/SjzyjAaTnR729G7g==; Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1w88Hv-0008JN-E9; Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:00:07 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 From: Richard Stallman To: TianMing Qin Cc: fowler@acm.org, unclebob@cleancoder.com, bjarne@stroustrup.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, ang@cs.stanford.edu, yann.lecun@nyu.edu, jbloch@cs.cmu.edu, brian.goetz@oracle.com, guido@python.org, clattner@apple.com, ouster@cs.stanford.edu, martin@kleppmann.com, pattrsn@cs.berkeley.edu, ast@cs.vu.nl, tfoote@osrfoundation.org, gerkey@openrobotics.org, hinton@cs.toronto.ed, yoshua.bengio@mila.quebec, feifeili@cs.stanford.edu, anders.hejlsberg@microsoft.com, pike@google.com, clattner@modular.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, python-ideas@python.org, python-dev@python.org, std-discussion@lists.isocpp.org, mrocklin@gmail.com, armin.ronacher@active-4.com, kelsey.hightower@gmail.com, william@openrobotics.org, dthomas@osrfoundation.org, general@incubator.apache.org, tqchen@cmu.edu, kaiminghe@mit.edu, zhouzh@nju.edu.cn, wusheng@apache.org, zhangliang@apache.org, edwardaweb@gmail.com, dbanotes@gmail.com In-Reply-To: (message from TianMing Qin on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:54:16 +0800) Subject: Re: [Advice Request] Seeking Guidance: How a Junior Software Engineer Survives and Rebuilds in the AI Era Reply-To: rms@gnu.org References: Message-Id: Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:00:07 -0400 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] The term "Artificial Intelligence" is a marketing hype campaign. I refuse to use the term or accept it. To declare that this is the "era of" that marketing term is even more extreme hype. It declares a victory that its proponents want us to consider inevitable. Please join me in refusing to spread their hype. I will write more to you privately later. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)