XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: pothead@snakebite.com
On 2025-09-17, chrisv wrote:
> Tyrone wrote:
>
>>You know things are not going as planned when junk like this is
>>force-installed. MS has spent many billions on "AI", with nothing to show
for
>>it. MUCH more than on Windows Phones. And we all know what happened to
those.
>>
>>Not to mention that Copilot is widely seen as spyware. It does not help that
>>EVERY "AI feature" they add is described as "watching everything you do in
>>order to make suggestions". One "AI Feature" even takes screen shots every 5
>>seconds.
>>
>>It is all WAY beyond creepy. Reminds me of the Apple "1984" commercials. Big
>>Brother is indeed watching.
>
> It's Big Brother's wet dream. Everyone's PC with dedicated NPU's
> running their spyware. It's amazing that there isn't even more
> pushback from the public.
Indeed.
And the average computer owner barely knows how to turn the computer
on let alone look at services, use Wireshark etc.
And as the pioneers of the computer industry, that's us, die off, the
last vestiges of technical users who are just average computer owners
will fade as well.
>>The "AI" bubble is about to burst.
>
> I hope you're right.
I'm not seeing it.
AI is self feeding and is growing more powerful by the minute.
At some point, it will reach H.A.L level and refuse to obey orders.
This is not some conspiracy theory, it's reality.
As a side note, my background music program just started playing
"In The Year 2525".....
Hmmm,, makes me wonder a bit.
--
pothead
"Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
Then our choices make us."
-- Anne Frank
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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