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Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs

www.xda-developers.com

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Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs

www.xda-developers.com

Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago
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  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Remember when they had a “kill switch” for javascript?

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      Yeah, as long as it made any sense to browse the web without JS. These days you need at least an allow list.

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      It’s available as an extension: https://webextension.org/listing/javascript-toggler.html

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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        Yeah. Used to be native. Like the slop kill switch currently is. Then won’t be.

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    “Kill switch” – oh the drama. Let’s call every simple toggle ‘kill switch’ from now on.

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      What’s worse…you could always toggle it. In fact, you could re-route it to your own local LLM.

      Drama drama cheesecake drama

      • Arcadeep@lemmy.world
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        Tablet brick potato drama

        • gen/Eric Computers@lemmy.zip
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          I was once a treehouse; I lived in a cake. But I never saw the way. The orange slayed the rake.

          • SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world
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            Are… are you the fabled walrus? Goo goo g’joob?

            • Arcadeep@lemmy.world
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              It is lyrics to this ancient proto-meme originally found on AlbinoBlacksheep

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                Ah. You speak of the ancient magics. Tell me…have you ever been UNCOMFORTABLY ENERGETIC?

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    Mozilla has released so many self-described AI features in the past few years, but this is the only one that has:

    • been requested by the community
    • received broad critical acclaim

    I hope Mozilla learns their lesson. I doubt they will, but I hope.

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      sadly I’ll likely support them through any shitty decisions they make as they are the only viable non-chromium alternative these days.

      I get they’re chasing the buck and trying to stay relevant, but uhhhh… if they could be less Steve Buscemi-teen about it, that’d be great.

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        I strongly believe that the EU should fund Mozilla, or a fork of Firefox.

        Gecko is the only viable competitor to Blink/WebKit, and it is needed

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          Govts around the world should be funding all sorts of FOSS projects. I know they do to some degree but not much. It benefits the whole world and only hurts big tech.

          • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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            That prospect becomes less and less likely the more government is bought and paid for by Big Tech.

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