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This guy runs the Windows unit at Microsoft, and he's telling you that the company intends to infiltrate "AI" into every aspect of the operating system.
If you use Windows, this is an injection of a living, self-replicating virus into your digital existence.
Yes I use Linux.
@dangillmor
I think there could be an upside to this: it makes AI on PC's noticeable.
No longer an abstract AI powered pc, but a PC where the new Clippy is interfering with your daily activities.
If you buy a device with Windows on it then you're really only renting it off Microsoft.
I'm waiting for the day when someone gets sacked because the AI-enabled kettle that Windoze detected and installed when it first entered the house informs the owner's employer when they exceed their recommended daily tea intake.
Do you have any knowledge of or experience with Bazzite?
any option to disable the AI function?
@dangillmor oh! Can I trademark “Vibe OS.”
@dangillmor I work in healthcare and this is going to make everything with a Windows OS HIPAA noncompliant. I guarantee that Microsoft will be using this to steal and collect every last byte of data. I will be speaking with folks in my state’s government about a class action lawsuit.
I urge all non Americans to demand that your governments drop American tech companies as vendors.
@dangillmor I just want that, either, people find a way to run the software I use at work on Windows, or people start developing good Linux alternatives to them.
@dangillmor Not living, not self-replicating. Putting LLMs forcibly into users' devices is bad, but let's not mince words and create misinformation.
Yes, I too use Linux.
@dangillmor - Windows was bad before AI, but I'm glad there's something that's finally getting people to actually see it as a choice.
Even the Golgafrincham marketing people from "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" stopped to consider if people actually _wanted_ fire that can be fitted nasally.
@dangillmor This is why the VLC 2.9 Foundation recommends Fedora and Kali Linux. For THOSE WHO KNOW, Windows is not an option for the Unclaimed Future. We need to free our technology from corporate control.
@dangillmor The two most common requests I get from clients as of about August this year:
People literally pay to not have Microsoft's slopware. It's not merely worthless; it's of negative value.
@dangillmor there is a reason, that most humans prefer keyboards over voice interaction. It is not, because it does not work. Cortana worked reasonably well.
@dangillmor I'm glad I took the plunge and moved to Linux mint last month. Fuck windows. Just wished I had left microshit back in 2018
@dangillmor I think that Meredith had something to say about this in advance?
This sounds like something that enterprise should probably strongly reject, but will probably blindly accept anyway.
@dangillmor 我认为你说的话非常可信。现在的人工智能正在逐渐的突破单纯的类似于字典检索的功能。听新闻媒体报道过，甚至已经有了对系统内部的自身修改功能。
@dangillmor This sounds bad, but I'm a computer idiot and have no damn idea how or even if I can work around any of it.
I have a simple fix, I’ve now limited the bandwidth allocated to my Windows 11 computer to 600 baud…lets see what the AI does when it takes a couple days to open a webpage.
https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/jamal-khashoggi-the-washington-post
" #PrinceBonesaw wants his energy hogging state surveillance platform, no matter the price."
https://luxurylaunches.com/transport/bill-gates-chartered-saudi-prince-superyacht-06152025.php
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/29/mbs-saudi-arabia-big-tech-authoritarian-embrace/
Reminder: #PrinceBonesaw is very interested in knowing the location of women. So is the GOP.
https://www.businessinsider.com/absher-google-slammed-for-siding-with-saudi-government-app-2019-3
And hacking the phones of billionaires
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/mohammed-bin-salman-jeff-bezos-hack-could-be-a-ticking-time-bomb
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/bezos-hack-amazon-saudi-mbs-whatsapp/605755/
@dangillmor Also, “agentic experience” makes me want to barf.
@dangillmor it’s a good thing I’ve started customizing a cachyOS w/ Hyprland setup on my personal laptop.
@dangillmor My new Lenovo Legion's would-be right Win key has got the copilot logo instead. Shame it doesn't match the new OS.
Looks at Windows 11 AI integration. Turns off windows 11 and goes outside to have a natural live work experience.
@dangillmor think of all the governments around the world that are using Microsoft. Every department of every region, county or city, state and country.
@dangillmor Microsoft has put Copilot in Notepad. Friggin Notepad.
@dangillmor And folk wonder why I just moved away from Redmond.
(Hint: I'd prefer to avoid prison for burning MS Campus to the ground. It was a short walk from where I used to live...entirely too little effort to restrain me.)
BSD is still a thing and it doesn't have SystemD.
@dangillmor this post, in my timeline, comes right before a post from Debian (which is what I currently use)
The only Windows box I have is my gaming setup. If only the various anti-cheat providers would work out a Linux solution.
@dangillmor
Will enterprise customers have the option to disable this?
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