AI is slowly getting inside the Linux ecosystem (At the top of my head: Some contributions to Kwin and the entire Lutris controversy). Let’s enjoy making fun of Win 11 until we can’t.
That’s not the same at all though. Complaining about AI “features” being shoved down users throat, and AI being used by developers are very different things.
Both can be complained about, absolutely, but they are completely different things.
If Microsoft was using all artisanal human written code to deliver all the AI crap, I wouldn’t be complaining about it any less.
Right. Productivity tools, like AI or bloated frameworks, can both lead to mountains of slop. I don’t reactively take issue with AI, especially if it eventually produces better work, but I will always choose the more transparent approach. I take umbrage with deceit and will stay away from systems that seem to be careening toward manipulation and more hierarchical, gatekeeping bullshit.
We all need to contend with the possibility that these intelligent systems become far better than most people and adapt accordingly. It doesn’t mean we have to sacrifice our FOSS ideals, if that applies to you.
Though, I completely understand the reactivity, as we watch many peoples’ life trajectories become financially irrelevant, and the oligarch’s prime the population for a return to manual labor, while dangling that utopian carrot.
TBH I’m very happy with the state of Linux desktop as it has been for the past 3-5 years or so. If things enshittify I’m just gradually freezing the versions that I like for most things, except stuff that directly interfaces with the internet (kernel, nftables, browser, nix, git, ssh, rclone). My main hope is that LibreWolf keeps updating and doesn’t let in too much AI slop from firefox, and I’m reasonably sure everything else on that list is quite difficult to enshittify.
If some idiot don’t automatically add AI slop and the developer have the actual time to check the new code before adding it to the distro release, then sure. Is not like they are forced to run pushing new updates full of slop just to make the investors happy and having the whole sistem flooded with bugs.
AI is slowly getting inside the Linux ecosystem (At the top of my head:
Some contributions to Kwinand the entire Lutris controversy). Let’s enjoy making fun of Win 11 until we can’t.Edit: When I said Kwin I was referring to this https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-HDR-KWin-Claude-Code Sorry.
That’s not the same at all though. Complaining about AI “features” being shoved down users throat, and AI being used by developers are very different things.
Both can be complained about, absolutely, but they are completely different things.
If Microsoft was using all artisanal human written code to deliver all the AI crap, I wouldn’t be complaining about it any less.
Right. Productivity tools, like AI or bloated frameworks, can both lead to mountains of slop. I don’t reactively take issue with AI, especially if it eventually produces better work, but I will always choose the more transparent approach. I take umbrage with deceit and will stay away from systems that seem to be careening toward manipulation and more hierarchical, gatekeeping bullshit.
We all need to contend with the possibility that these intelligent systems become far better than most people and adapt accordingly. It doesn’t mean we have to sacrifice our FOSS ideals, if that applies to you.
Though, I completely understand the reactivity, as we watch many peoples’ life trajectories become financially irrelevant, and the oligarch’s prime the population for a return to manual labor, while dangling that utopian carrot.
Good point
TBH I’m very happy with the state of Linux desktop as it has been for the past 3-5 years or so. If things enshittify I’m just gradually freezing the versions that I like for most things, except stuff that directly interfaces with the internet (kernel, nftables, browser, nix, git, ssh, rclone). My main hope is that LibreWolf keeps updating and doesn’t let in too much AI slop from firefox, and I’m reasonably sure everything else on that list is quite difficult to enshittify.
Link please
I was referring to this https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-More-HDR-KWin-Claude-Code
My fault, it was code for the AMDGPU driver.
Yes, for sure.
But we will eventually clean up our AI slop code mistakes. I’m not so sure if Microslop will or not. It might not be profitable.
Also, the good thing of open source software is that anyone can clean off any bullshit code.
But can you clean it up faster than AI can create new bullshit code?
If some idiot don’t automatically add AI slop and the developer have the actual time to check the new code before adding it to the distro release, then sure. Is not like they are forced to run pushing new updates full of slop just to make the investors happy and having the whole sistem flooded with bugs.
…I mean, who would be so stupid to do that? 😁
You don’t need to pull the new bs…