XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   CrudeSausage  wrote at 00:51 this Thursday (GMT):   
   > On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:18:01 -0600, chrisv wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence DÿOliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> some dumb fsck wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> *** AI is now heavily employed in Linux kernel development,   
   >>>> including by Linus Torvalds ***   
   >>>   
   >>>Just worth pointing out the difference: the Linux folks seem to be   
   >>>getting something useful out of AI technology, as opposed to pushing it   
   >>>on customers (unsuccessfully) for its own sake, as Microsoft is trying   
   >>>to do.   
   >>   
   >> To spell it out, M$ wants to use AI to spy on us.   
   >   
   > The mere fact that they are integrating it into the file explorer makes   
   > that very clear. Right now, only principled people are making the move to   
   > Linux. Soon, even those without any knowledge on how to change operating   
   > systems are at least going to inquire about an alternative. Like I said in   
   > another post, a good chunk will likely go to Apple. Nevertheless, a lot of   
   > people will stick to the PC platform either because they can customize it   
   > to their liking, before it costs less, because there is more variety of   
   > hardware or because they want to hold onto some old stock. Those people   
   > are going to be motivated into looking into what this "Linux" thing is.   
      
      
   I'm both unsuprised and dissapointed they're forcing AI into explorer.   
   Can't wait for the bootup to be "analyzed by ai" to improve   
   performance, or some similar system area that bricks computers.   
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