TL;DR: Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox: a single control panel that lets people disable AI features in the browser or pick and choose which to leave on. On the surface, this sounds like a win for user choice in an era of AI-everything.

If we dig deeper, you can start to see that the kill switch isn’t the whole story. This feature acts like an accountability sink. By giving you an off-switch, Mozilla’s leadership shifts the ethical burden of AI onto the user - turning their design choices into your responsibility.

  • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    12 hours ago

    Better yet, just make a pull request. Its open source. Can build your own Firefox.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      13·
      12 hours ago

      xactly. or why even fork. just start building a new browser writing straight assembly or better yet bro code it with ai.

      • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        12 hours ago

        The source code is there. Why reinvent the wheel. Its like 2 or 3 commands to build it.

        • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          12 hours ago

          oh building it straight up removes the ai? do builds ever fail? what are the three commands. I won’t need specific libraries or other requirments for my os yeah?

          • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            12 hours ago

            Ezpz

            Download source Delete ai commits Install deps per Firefox and OS docs Build per Firefox and OS docs

            Now you won’t ever have to worry about it.

            Better yet, install Tor Browser or Mullvad browser and save yourself from typing 3 command lines.