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.

  • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Do you have the authority to authorize its approval, or are you just trying to shut people up with a thought-terminating cliché

    • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      9 hours ago

      You don’t need authority if its your own code, technically. Just commit and build.

      If you’re wanting it as the default for everyone who uses that browser, Lemmy is not the place to request it. Hit up Mozilla, ask them to change it, or change it yourself and ask them to review your pull request. They authorize and approve from outside contributors quite often, so don’t sell yourself short.

      But also, yes, i love the cliche because people just moan on lemmy about things instead of actively addressing the issue with the appropriate people on the appropriate mediums.

      Airing your grievances out here is fun though. I get it. but asking the people upset about it to do some work is also fun.

      • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        Do you really believe Mozilla would accept a pull request to remove AI from their codebase?

      • yoasif@fedia.ioOP
        2·
        9 hours ago

        Why do you want people to stop discussing this? Are you running community management for Mozilla? If not, why is discussing it not “addressing the issue”? People are engaging in discourse.

          • yoasif@fedia.ioOP
            0·
            4 hours ago

            What is the purpose of this message?

            But also, yes, i love the cliche because people just moan on lemmy about things instead of actively addressing the issue with the appropriate people on the appropriate mediums.

            Airing your grievances out here is fun though. I get it. but asking the people upset about it to do some work is also fun.

            Awfully ironic to say this, now that “code is free”. What work are we talking about?