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
    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.