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firefox also isn't immune (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 days ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Sivecano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is so me

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

DDG started with this bs yesterday and it drove me nuts.

[–] nilaus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At least it is easy to disable in ddg. Read your comment opened browser. 10seconds later all ai features disabled.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. Still pissed me off I had to do it at all.

If I want AI, I will search and dl. It shouldn't be added to any browser without permission.

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[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

A good ~~OS~~ browser gives you the tools you need, then steps out of the way.

Tek Syndicate

[–] kshade@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Generally agree, I do appreciate Firefox' built-in translation tool though, that also falls under "AI" I guess.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

A bajillion things are "AI" now, and weren't before recently. It's so frustrating to see people hate them all equally. It's like when everything started to get called an "app" but worse.

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

AI has so many uses and it has been employed in scientific research for years, Google's DeepMind event got the Nobel Prize for that. It's sad seeing people hating AI and claiming it has nothing to offer. But what else can you expect from haters.

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[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

yeah i noticed yesterday duckduckgo browser has ai now

[–] mj_marathon@programming.dev 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

DDG lets you turn it off completely fwiw

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[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its not surprising. Duckduckgo search has ai.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Which- why? Who’s using ddg without understanding how to use a search engine or recognizing the constant AI hallucinations?

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[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For a family member of mine, who has lost most of their site, all of this "AI" has been a blessing. The ability to talk to, summarize, and read back info has made a night and day difference with her ability to communicate with the world.

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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (11 children)

I don't mind seeing an AI summary of search results as much as I mind sponsored links fucking up page rank. Sometimes it is even nice to see "hey your search doesn't make sense because you've conflated two terms". But I guess I'm in the minority.

Reminds me of early wikipedia when there was a deep trustworthiness problem. Seeing a wikipedia link on a presentation stole your credibility, but it was still a hell of a lot better starting point than grabbing an encyclopedia and asking jeeves until you found a thread to pull.

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've never had a result that helpful. I've seen it make up sports results in advance though.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (10 children)

What i hate about firefox is the fucking wall of links on the home page. It takes forever to remove them, and then they just updated and all that crap is back.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I use an extension called Tabliss and set that as my home page. I have it customized so the links to my most visited pages are set up with an icon so it's very clean and minimalist.

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

Anyway, this morning I was driving on my browser to work, sipping on some coffee from my browser. Suddenly I realized that I was browsery wearing no browsering browser! So I hit the home button.

[–] Ragdoll_X@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

Laughs in LibreWolf user

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does op not want bookmarks or ubo? These aren't 'just showing the webpage' :)

Tbh the Firefox ai is effectively an addon. Can be disabled even I guess at packaging level (like Firefox-no-ai flatpak).

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