At what point does someone fork the kernel project, call it something else, and commit to 0 slop code? My impression is that after a few update cycles, code gets harder to remove because other components start to rely on it so it seems like the time is now.

To the thing he created, to him, whichever.

Claude the coprophile!

What does that have to do with this?

A locally run model with quest components and npc dialog as its training data could be tuned in such a way to make radiant quests more unique and engaging. The scenario you’re putting forward assumes a frame around a general purpose LLM, which would be a very bad idea (as the OP article shows.)