Comment on It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"

• bold_atlas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah “every living thing” is such an exaggeration. The global warming apocalypse will certainly benefit a few living things,

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  • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    none of those features are slop. They are amazingly useful features. Removing them from the hands of average users by putting them behind an extension would make Firefox a much worse option and exclude a ton of people for no reason.

    Your opinion is based on nothing and you have no idea what you’re talking about. You’re just a reactionary.

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• Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The social and environmental impact of AI training and use is what I’m referring to.

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  • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There is only an environmental impact in AI in training in the places that have water issues or use fossil fuels on the grid. Otherwise its the same as any other power use.

    Plus model training costs arent relevant to firefox. We dont factor in the power usage for creating the linux kernel when we talk about linux or any other software. There isnt any good reason we should care about 3rd party companies power generation costs. I dont think about how much power the steel plant used to build my car nor should I.

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    • Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And what say you of the preliminary evidence suggesting that using AI is making people less capable of thinking for themselves, or people becoming emotionally attached to AI girlfriends/boyfriends, or people who killed themselves either intentionally or accidentally by following LLM advice, or the fact that an overwhelmibg majority of companies who made AI a crucial part of their functioning are losing money or going bankrupt? These are part of the social cost and they all point quite strongly towards it being a very bad idea to rely on AI for anything.

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      • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        evidence suggesting that using AI is making people less capable of thinking for themselves, or people becoming emotionally attached to AI girlfriends/boyfriends, or people who killed themselves either intentionally or accidentally by following LLM advice

        This evidence is not well founded and I dont believe this is a real problem. Its the same as the reaction to cellphones even if studies suggested they are bad, we all still use them and dont care.

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