TL;DR: Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox: a single control panel that lets people disable AI features in the browser or pick and choose which to leave on. On the surface, this sounds like a win for user choice in an era of AI-everything.

If we dig deeper, you can start to see that the kill switch isn’t the whole story. This feature acts like an accountability sink. By giving you an off-switch, Mozilla’s leadership shifts the ethical burden of AI onto the user - turning their design choices into your responsibility.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Oh for fucks sake, you don’t even have to turn it off, just don’t use the AI functions if you don’t want to. Like translate or Image Caption for the blind.
    The AI functions don’t do shit unless you use them.
    They don’t slow your browser down, and they don’t eat resources as is so often claimed.
    Stop the fucking Mozilla hate.

    • shrugs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Well said. Everyone is crying about Mozilla dipping their toes in AI, while at the same time, ignoring Windows telemetry, Google’s push for manifest v3 with chrome and so much more.

      It’s so stupid

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        while at the same time, ignoring Windows telemetry,

        You’re posting this statement on Lemmy? There is a dispropotionatly high population of Linux and OSX users here. Most of those here ignoring Windows telemetry aren’t running Windows.

  • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Bro, just turn it off if you don’t want it.

    Or use Tor Browser or Mullvad Browser if you don’t wanna deal with it.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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      1 month ago

      bro use another thing. don’t complain or suggest something should be different! Just abandon toot sweet. Seriously im in process of moving to either waterfox or librefox but the browser is practically an abstracted next level of the os so moving over is just a bit faster than moving my os. At least for my main browser.