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[WildWestDesigns]

Yea, not really liking the idea of having AI baked into the OS.

Copilot

ChatGPT

Quite a bit of other stuff as well, but it's more on the developers end and probably be boring reads (those linked may be as well, but especially with Copilot and a lot of Windows users on here, should be worth noting), that could work it's way down to the end user. As more and more software software vendors get into "vibe coding", I do have to wonder what the state of programs will be for end users. It's already gotten bleak, but I imagine that it will be even more so, but that's just me speculating.

 

[netsol]

Yea, not really liking the idea of having AI baked into the OS.

Copilot

ChatGPT

Quite a bit of other stuff as well, but it's more on the developers end and probably be boring reads (those linked may be as well, but especially with Copilot and a lot of Windows users on here, should be worth noting), that could work it's way down to the end user. As more and more software software vendors get into "vibe coding", I do have to wonder what the state of programs will be for end users. It's already gotten bleak, but I imagine that it will be even more so, but that's just me speculating.

you know i want to stop automatic updates for LOTS OF REASONS but copilot will make it mandatory (remember my slogan for them copilot IT'S LIKE BING, ONLY MORE SO .
either a advertising slogan or a warning for those smart enough to take my meaning

 

[WildWestDesigns]

you know i want to stop automatic updates for LOTS OF REASONS but copilot will make it mandatory...

Updates were always a double edged sword and while it may (emphasis on may) solve some problems, it inherently brings instability to the system.

Copilot is also just a huge security risk (and we are starting to see the ROI on this "AI" stuff not being all that it's cracked up to be). I do wonder if there will always be able to block mandatory updates as it will always be a game of catch up and can one really state for sure that they have removed all ports of communication?

Of course, will one really need to worry about updates when the feature that these OEMs want is an end user on a thin client (NUC) with just enough firmware to bootstrap an Azure instances that actually has "their" OS on it?

 

[DL Signs]

There's a lot of reasons to not want all the AI features, security, performance.
You can disable Copilot with Winaero Tweaker, along with auto updates, and plenty more, for now anyway.

 

[WildWestDesigns]

You can disable Copilot with Winaero Tweaker, along with auto updates, and plenty more, for now anyway.

I would say that need for 3rd party tools for something like this should not exist. The tools should be baked into the OS for the user to do this on their own. Why I miss the 9x era, far more powerful (in terms of user customization, not necessarily computational power) compared to what we have now. Even back in the day though, MS was still doing some of this with IE and what happens to the system when IE is gutted.

The problem with stuff like Winaero and how Windows is setup is that there are ancillary programs that depend on those features and if those features are gutted, those ancillary programs are also gutted as well. Now, that does depend on if one uses those ancillary programs or not as well. Not everyone does (or they don't realize that they do until that instability is brought about).

 

[netsol]

Updates were always a double edged sword and while it may (emphasis on may) solve some problems, it inherently brings instability to the system.

Copilot is also just a huge security risk (and we are starting to see the ROI on this "AI" stuff not being all that it's cracked up to be). I do wonder if there will always be able to block mandatory updates as it will always be a game of catch up and can one really state for sure that they have removed all ports of communication?

Of course, will one really need to worry about updates when the feature that these OEMs want is an end user on a thin client (NUC) with just enough firmware to bootstrap an Azure instances that actually has "their" OS on it?

i think i would be happy if this AI thing works out as well as it did in the TERMINATOR movies

 

[WildWestDesigns]

i think i would be happy if this AI thing works out as well as it did in the TERMINATOR movies

What people are calling "AI" in this context isn't really "AI". That's why I'm not yet at Skynet theories. "Yet".

This isn't even working out as well as some would hope at this time. If it was, why is MS and Github (also owned by MS) talking about how devs need to be using their "AI" tools? If the tools were worth their salt, it wouldn't have be linked with any type of employee assessment and they wouldn't have to hype it all up like they are. Devs would just be using it, because it worked. Not to say that it couldn't reach beyond a certain threshold to where it does workout if they can keep the hype going on just alittle bit longer.