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.

    • yoasif@fedia.ioOP
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      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?