Big Tech Companies going Berserk with AI

[Tony_Mushah]

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.

 

[solstice258]

Goddammit, not Linux too
...Brb, gonna give up technology and die in a forest.

 

[NormieReader]

I guess its time to become Amish 😭.

 

[TestAddress]

BigTech CEO and their directors lost their minds and just showed their true thieving spirit.

No one would work for them anymore. Which means any small startup can kill them in one hit. After all it boils down to who gives the food.

 

[TestAddress]

Goddammit, not Linux too
...Brb, gonna give up technology and die in a forest.

I'm ready for this moment. Been living in the woods and back to my tech cave.

Maybe soon I will try sewer base as soon as I find a suitably dry... spot.

 

[TestAddress]

I guess its time to become Amish 😭.

Amish arm thyselves!! Government is already starting to LOOT U!!!

 

[kanamon]

Why would you need????? that feature???? for a fucking Notepad LMAO

 

[Tony_Mushah]

Why would you need????? that feature???? for a fucking Notepad LMAO

I don't know either...
They probably thought that integrating Copilot in Microsoft Office aren't enough, so they added it in Notepad and Paint

 

[UnnamedPlayer]

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.

 

[Tony_Mushah]

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.

Well, I agree...
the Microsoft's Recall feature is just a facade to invade people privacy
and making them watch ads and stuff.
Thanks God, I am still on windows 10.

 

[solstice258]

Thanks God, I am still on windows 10.

Same. I never thought I would say that, but here we are.

 

[Trodsen]

the future for OS's looks bleak, it was already pretty bad with them being switched to something closer to a SAAS model but now they're not only doing that but also mining their users for both tracking data and training data for llms

 

[Tony_Mushah]

the future for OS's looks bleak, it was already pretty bad with them being switched to something closer to a SAAS model but now they're not only doing that but also mining their users for both tracking data and training data for llms

Speaking of which, your comment reminds me of something that The Primegean spoken a few years back speaking about all of this (not accurate):
"in 10 or 20 years, the devices will be just a bunch of Internet of Things. What I mean is that, if you buy the newest smartphone or computer in those years, the OS on it is just an internet browser and all of computation and data will be run and used somewhere in the device manufacturer server. That the dream of all those big tech companies".

 

[Trodsen]

That is honestly what they're trying to make come true, just look at stuff like google stadia, that was a first attempt at making everything happen serverside and you're just a client sending inputs. It's these companies dream situation because it means recurring revenue forever, no possibility of piracy and no privacy whatsoever.

Thankfully we have an actual physical limitation to that which is what's causing that next step on the OS level being so hard to achieve, which is physical distances, a company would need server capacity distributed worldwide to make a SAAS OS happen, so the initial investment on making it happen is huge, since that capacity doesn't exist.

There's also the issue with very densely populated areas generating network congestion adding to the infrastructure needs for that endeavor.