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LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

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Re: LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

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matthewmc3 wrote: post #32
hn_submit wrote: post #22

Companies are totally blind to the fact that A.I. is a complete turn-off to many customers. Not having / using A.I. may even become a unique selling point in the future.

Conversely, a no-AI ethos is one that will very likely need to be walked back at some point in the future for tech products. AI isn't going anywhere, so finding ways to use it constructively with your product is going to be a far better long term strategy. For now while it's new and scary and there's a lack of regulation and governance and ethical considerations - I can see why an anti-AI stance is popular, but it's…

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Re: LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

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Post by bluejay2387 »

I don't see not having AI as a feature, but I'd prefer for them to take the approach of optional, easy to implement interfaces that increase the ability for the suite to be 'scripted' rather than implement AI directly. My motivation is that the field of AI is moving so fast I think its a better long term plan to make your software something that can be automated with AI than to try to fight the speed of that innovation curve. I get that even that can be difficult because of security concerns, but it seems more straightforward than implementing models directly into your application.

Re: LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

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Post by dreamcompiler »

Offtopic blogging tip: Americans will read dates like "8/9/2026" as "August 9, 2026." I'm pretty sure the author is using the (more sensible) convention of day/month/year but expressing dates as e.g. "08-Sep-2026" removes the ambiguity.

Re: LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

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Post by bayindirh »

r053bud wrote: post #80
bayindirh wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a big supporter of LibreOffice, Codeberg, SourceHut, etc. on what they do, tell and defend, and I'm with them. On the other hand, I'm not anti-AI, but I don't want it to be shoved down my throat in any and every app I have. I don't want that sparkly "Enhance this slide" button, "WhatsApp AI" in the corner, automatically generated "AI summary" in Google/YouTube, etc. However, I'm fine with an unobtrusive "Summary"…

I really appreciate this comment since it very effectively communicates how I feel about the subject, since I have been struggling with putting it into such clear language.

Thank you very much.

Re: LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

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Post by dartharva »

Strange, when office suites are the one software category most people are anticipating better AI integration for unlike everything else.

Nobody wants AI in browsers, but an AI that can make me the Powerpoint I want without me having to drag cumbersome items by hand? Yes please.

Re: LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

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Post by xnorswap »

Aurornis wrote: post #67

I found this graph of LibreOffice downloads https://stats.documentfoundation.org/downloads Switching to the monthly view, the downloads are actually mostly flat going back to 2019 I can believe that the downloads record has been broken in the same way that the stock market hits record highs all the time because the long term trend is upward. I don’t see anything to suggest that LibreOffice is seeing a sudden surge in…

I wouldn't say that's flat at all, if you switch to the "architecture" graph it gives a clearer picture without the between-version artefacts of dips that don't exist: https://stats.documentfoundation.org/downloads#month,arch

What matters more than the peaks are the floors, which are clearly increasing.

Re: LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

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Post by dghlsakjg »

bluejay2387 wrote: post #92

I don't see not having AI as a feature, but I'd prefer for them to take the approach of optional, easy to implement interfaces that increase the ability for the suite to be 'scripted' rather than implement AI directly. My motivation is that the field of AI is moving so fast I think its a better long term plan to make your software something that can be automated with AI than to try to fight the speed of that innovati…

That is, in fact, exactly what they explain as their approach in the article, as well as their reasoning behind it.

It isn't that they disallowed AI, its that they just leave it up to plugins and have no native interface since it violates many of their principles around privacy and local data.

Re: LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

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Post by rc5150 »

figassis wrote: post #82
jrflo wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the tried and true headline method of "event 2 happened after event 1", implying a causal effect between the two, despite no evidence of such effect existing. Technically the headline is correct, in the same way that "Canada Tariffs $20b in US Goods After Amazon Plane Crash" is also correct.

It is actually no correct. A record by definition is an unsurpassed accomplishment or statistic. It needs to be an accomplishment before it can be called a record. The passage of time does not qualify as a record. Also, a statistical certainty cannot be called a record.

The year 2025 progressed to 2026. Never in the history of the Gregorian calendar have we EVER made it to 2026. That is an accomplishment. That is a record.
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