Big Tech Companies going Berserk with AI

[Manko-sensei]

The best is yet to come.

And the criminals will be perfectly fit? That sounds like a dream for USA with more fat than clean water per meter square.

 

[Angry_Panda]

And the criminals will be perfectly fit? That sounds like a dream for USA with more fat than clean water per meter square.

Critical mistake - we have no meters here, square or otherwise.

 

[AMIdrissi]

Yeah, I know... another AI related thread.
But I think these AI tech news is interesting to talk about.

Firstly, Notepad and MS Paint are getting AI features in it.
Quick recap:
For Paint, it got:
- Generative fill:

- Generative Erase:

- Image generation like Dall-E
For NotePad, It got some ChatGPT like features, like making a resume, alternating text, formalizing it.

Cool, can't wait to use this one for cleaning chapter and stuff.
but it's only available on Windows 11 Preview with Copilot+ PC (you know those ARM based laptop for Windows).
And it's also required to have a Microsoft Account use it.

But, it will probably rolled up to every Windows 11 computer (and some 10 PC too) next year.

So if you're AI pessimist and Microsoft Supremacy Hater like me,
you are probably going to switch to Linux (since Apple Products is for extremely rich a people anyways)
but Linux distributions holder are also going to integrate AI in there systems like Redhat (Fedora company holder), and Debian (which is where Ubuntu is based at).

It is probably time for me to switch to Arch Linux or FreeBSD or even more crazier, make my own OS from scratch to avoid those AI driven features.

So, yeah, wild stuff happening in tech right now
and more will be coming out next year.

It is crazy to think that from the time of this message up until now, companies are going even more berserk with AI especially with the release of VEO 3 (can't wait see this be used to commit crimes) and Gemini 2.5 PRO

I am skipping most of the AI slop thanks to linux by triple booting (yes I mean that) between windows, ubuntu and arch, while windows remains more for gaming and video editing (cause adobe hates linux and trying to use adobe products with wine was a pain)

 

[UnnamedPlayer]

Can someone warn them that the Dead Internet Theory was supposed to be a conspiracy theory, not a fucking instruction manual ? But at least, if it kill the youtube slop, it's perfect.

 

[Bireus]

Can someone warn them that the Dead Internet Theory was supposed to be a conspiray theory, not a fucking instruction manual ? But at least, if it kill the youtube slop, it's perfect.

Anything that left an impression on these folks that they want to control for themselves turns into instruction structures they order the people they hire to do. Life's a circle with a bunch of bell curves at various angles. They'll kill this and move on to the next thing they want to control and take all the credit with none of the blame for.

 

[Zet1502]

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But, it will probably rolled up to every Windows 11 computer (and some 10 PC too) next year.

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Maybe not 10, 'cause they are going to stop supporting it soon, as I heard

 

[TestAddress]

Meh, the AI in notepad is tame compared to the Recall feature that will come soon integrated in explorer.exe, the biggest security risk ever introduced willingly in an OS.

Imagine your browser sending Your Danbooru links to Facebook because it has automatically completed your username and password.

 

[TestAddress]

Critical mistake - we have no meters here, square or otherwise.

A mile stone for America!

 

[TestAddress]

Can someone warn them that the Dead Internet Theory was supposed to be a conspiracy theory, not a fucking instruction manual ? But at least, if it kill the youtube slop, it's perfect.

YouTube is USA owned, I mean yes the state, so it won't go down as long as there is the White House.

 

[Etnaz]

Paint has become a real great tool to use ever since Microsoft added support for layers into it. And now with this, it's basically a free photoshop replacement for a bunch of basic users.

And no complaints with Copilot on Notepad. The only complaint I have at this point is how the Ctrl-F search panel covers the text area.

 

[IlaiaCorde]

Yeah, I know... another AI related thread.
But I think these AI tech news is interesting to talk about.

Firstly, Notepad and MS Paint are getting AI features in it.
Quick recap:
For Paint, it got:
- Generative fill:

- Generative Erase:

- Image generation like Dall-E
For NotePad, It got some ChatGPT like features, like making a resume, alternating text, formalizing it.

Cool, can't wait to use this one for cleaning chapter and stuff.
but it's only available on Windows 11 Preview with Copilot+ PC (you know those ARM based laptop for Windows).
And it's also required to have a Microsoft Account use it.

But, it will probably rolled up to every Windows 11 computer (and some 10 PC too) next year.

So if you're AI pessimist and Microsoft Supremacy Hater like me,
you are probably going to switch to Linux (since Apple Products is for extremely rich a people anyways)
but Linux distributions holder are also going to integrate AI in there systems like Redhat (Fedora company holder), and Debian (which is where Ubuntu is based at).

It is probably time for me to switch to Arch Linux or FreeBSD or even more crazier, make my own OS from scratch to avoid those AI driven features.

So, yeah, wild stuff happening in tech right now
and more will be coming out next year.

And even more major software suites are planning to implement AI in the next 9 months or so...

The only real way you're going to avoid it is to go back to painting on a cave wall or become Amish; no thats not meant as an insult, its just really gonna be like that. Most software and tech is going to have some degree of AI tech in it, and much already does. I.e, your phone is already using AI, your car is going to be AI (most new ones are now) ect ect ect. SmartHome. SmartWhatever. Ect ect ect.

For coding, coding isn't looking any different really.

People like me dont have anything against the rest of you for choosing to avoid the AI...I used to be the same way. But I think you will have a hard time competing with the rest of those who are using it. A human without AI will certainly never be more productive than one with it. Although you may have fewer initial problems with your work if you dont use it.

Antis rage at me when I tell them this. But honestly Im not even 'pro-AI' if I'm being honest. This is just me accepting that the world is changing and I need to adapt (and so I did, and so I do).

 

[IlaiaCorde]

Paint has become a real great tool to use ever since Microsoft added support for layers into it. And now with this, it's basically a free photoshop replacement for a bunch of basic users.

And no complaints with Copilot on Notepad. The only complaint I have at this point is how the Ctrl-F search panel covers the text area.

Right. But you wont ever keep up with anyone who is using AI tools by doing that.

Ultimate solution: Become Amish

The next 10 years will literally mirror all human social and technological evolution up to this point. The humans with the best tools will outpace the humans who shun them, which has been the way it has always been. The same way guns replaced swords, printing presses replaced scribes, modern computers replaced mechanical computers and typewriters, and carriers replaced battleship. Ect.

We've already seen this exact scenario play out with the Luddites in 1812. The original Luddites were British weavers and textile workers who objected to the increased use of mechanized looms and knitting frames. Most were trained artisans who had spent years learning their craft, and they feared that unskilled machine operators were robbing them of their livelihood.

When the economic pressures of the Napoleonic Wars made the cheap competition of early textile factories particularly threatening to the artisans, a few desperate weavers began breaking into factories and smashing textile machines. They called themselves “Luddites” after Ned Ludd, a young apprentice who was rumored to have wrecked a textile apparatus in 1779.

New tech always wins. The real fight we have on our hands is determining how its implemented ethically, and how we make it better after that.

 

[Angry_Panda]

New tech always wins.

About to go listen crticially to a tube phono preamp a friend built, using tube types introduced in the early 40's and a design that's been around since the early 50's. Based on what I've heard casually to this point, it's at least as good as any transistorized amp I've ever heard. And no AI is going to help my ears determine if there are minor shortcomings or how to get it 'dialed in'.

 

[Manko-sensei]

About to go listen crticially to a tube phono preamp a friend built, using tube types introduced in the early 40's and a design that's been around since the early 50's. Based on what I've heard casually to this point, it's at least as good as any transistorized amp I've ever heard. And no AI is going to help my ears determine if there are minor shortcomings or how to get it 'dialed in'.

Look at this from a different POV: you can make your CV bulkier by duplicating items depending how much software you use. You may be a musician or a sound technician, but you can add also be an AI musician and an AI sound technician! Maybe you get a promotion just because you played a simulator or two?

 

[Angry_Panda]

Maybe you get a promotion just because you played a simulator or two?

No, but by union rules, if you play two instruments, you get double pay....

 

[IlaiaCorde]

About to go listen crticially to a tube phono preamp a friend built, using tube types introduced in the early 40's and a design that's been around since the early 50's. Based on what I've heard casually to this point, it's at least as good as any transistorized amp I've ever heard. And no AI is going to help my ears determine if there are minor shortcomings or how to get it 'dialed in'.

I actually own a couple hundred vinyl records myself and have a few tunrtables to play then on. I even have the Chili Peppers, Eminem and a ton of brand new bands on vinyl. Vinyl is kind of undergoing a resurgence of a sort lately. 🥰

I think we could totally agree as audiophiles on analog music being cooler than the digital variety.

Although I dont think analog music is a good comparison. I still use all my digital music more often because its mobile (while my analog stuff isnt).

Kudos for records tho. Agreed on that.

 

[IlaiaCorde]

Look at this from a different POV: you can make your CV bulkier by duplicating items depending how much software you use. You may be a musician or a sound technician, but you can add also be an AI musician and an AI sound technician! Maybe you get a promotion just because you played a simulator or two?

As someone who has released several AI albums on spotify and Apple music, and had over 16,000+ listeners in March alone, I can honestly say yeah...I am a musician and a sound technician rolled into one. And a producer. And a composer.

But you know what? I grew up playing in Concert, Jazz and Marching band. And I learned to play guitar as an adult. And can compose without AI. So I can make music without AI, sure. Im not unskilled.

But I still use the AI because it can enhance music I made by hand, or make new music entirely itself to my exact specifications.

Btw Manko, You can still always have that honest discussion with me I offered weeks ago on the subject of AI. (Although you'll probably have to take me off of ignore).

Or not... 😉

 

[Manko-sensei]

Btw Manko, You can still always have that honest discussion with me I offered weeks ago on the subject of AI. (Although you'll probably have to take me off of ignore).

Or not... 😉

There's no point in a discussion where neither of the participants is open to change their mind. Besides, among all AI you're only interested in a specific kind of software meant to distract and divide.

 

[IlaiaCorde]

There's no point in a discussion where neither of the participants is open to change their mind. Besides, among all AI you're only interested in a specific kind of software meant to distract and divide.

Thats fine.

But I'm definitely not about dividing anyone or anything myself.

I'm perfectly open to people having different views than me, and have openly encouraged people to be true to their own opinions. If they dont like AI, I have no problem with that. (Though I think its a little unrealistic given the way things are going).

Naturally, I dont want Mangadex to become a one opinion echochamber, which is why Ive been speaking up on the issue more as of late.

I think the healthiest online communities are the ones where the discussions cover more than just one side of the debate. 🙂