Sometimes I wish companies would stop forcing AI features down our throats and putting them just everywhere. At least I hope I can properly disable all of this. I don't need an AI agent scanning everything behind my back.

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gspencley 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

AI is just the current incarnation of the hype train cycle.

I've never been a big fan of smart phones and I remember in the early 2010s the "mobile revolution" was in full tilt and it even impacted the Linux experience. I ended up switching from Ubuntu to Mint because they went all in on "mobile + touch-screens are the future!" and released this god awful UI update that was reminiscent of Windows 8.

We need business to drive innovation ... but there is bad with the good (and vice versa - we shouldn't forget that either). When something gets "hot" the business world will always go all in on the trend and "force" it down everyone's throats. It's driven partly by fear: "If I don't offer this to my customers, my competitors will and I will fail." The rest is the normal pursuit of profit, which isn't a bad thing IMO but it means there's a lot of: "There's a pie here and if we don't get our slice someone else will."

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mrcwinn 2 days ago | parent [-]

Somehow saying AI is a hype train, not liking smart phones, and putting mobile revolution "in quotes" all seem of one coherent piece together.

I can take the point that some AI features are oversold or under-considered, but suggesting that these new technologies are not driving business innovation is just completely indefensible to the point that the argument is absurd on its face.

	▲	gspencley 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		> but suggesting that these new technologies are not driving business innovation How did you take that away from my post? AI can provide genuine value and also be a hype train. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive. I put "mobile revolution" in quotes because I was referring to what it was being called at the time, in the context of describing how said "revolution" was affecting me at a time when I had no interest in mobile computing or features. I was relating to the parent who has little to no interest in AI features and wishes that companies would stop trying to "force" it on them. At no point did I even come close to suggesting that there is no value or innovation to be found there. My last paragraph even directly stated the opposite. Are you trolling?

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Nzen 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It looks like [0] access to gemini will only be for subscribers, given that it costs them money. This is, "of course", distinct from ai mode [1] in google search that happens from the address bar in chrome. The first video implies that the difference involves throwing the current web page into the query as context so someone can ask "is this recipe gluten-free?" on a recipe webpage.

[0] https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-app-updates-io-20...

[1] https://blog.google/products/search/google-search-ai-mode-up...

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pjmlp 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If it was only that, and what about forcing use of AI in OKRs for employee evaluation?

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WhereIsTheTruth 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Just use chromium

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fsflover 2 days ago | parent [-]

Or, better, Firefox.

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abdullahkhalids 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Firefox has had AI chatbot integration in its sidebar since 133 [1] (Currently we are on 143). Fortunately, you have to sign in manually into the relevant service. I haven't tried it so don't know what happens next.

[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ai-chatbot

	▲	collinfunk 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		You can also hide it in the sidebar. I did that and forgot it existed for the most part.

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braebo a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Or better yet, Brave!

	▲	fsflover a day ago \| parent [-]
		Which relies on Google-controlled codebase?