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Re: Disable AI in Firefox

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Post by coldpie »

Good to know. I tried to find an off switch in the settings for the AI junk when it first popped up and didn't find one. It's mostly unobtrusive, so didn't bother me too much, but it's nice to have a way to get rid of a feature I'm not going to use.

Re: Disable AI in Firefox

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Post by hyghjiyhu »

jherdman wrote: post #16
hyghjiyhu wrote: post #10

I should figure out how to turn off ai in acrobat reader. It offers to summarize my sheet music every time I open it...

I'm curious to know what the AI does when it encounters sheet music. Does it do anything intelligible?

It summarizes the lyrics iirc. There are ai programs specifically for sheet music and I actually use one that I'm happy with, play score 2.

Re: Disable AI in Firefox

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Post by presbyterian »

braebo wrote: post #20
sdairs wrote: post #5

I've used Firefox for 15 years and I really don't want to use Chrome. Can Mozilla just, like, make a good browser?

Use Brave. It’s de-googled, privacy-centric chromium with built-in uBlock-style ad/tracker blocking. Best of both worlds!

There are some good reasons to consider not using Brave: https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

Re: Disable AI in Firefox

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Post by protoster »

braebo wrote: post #20
sdairs wrote: post #5

I've used Firefox for 15 years and I really don't want to use Chrome. Can Mozilla just, like, make a good browser?

Use Brave. It’s de-googled, privacy-centric chromium with built-in uBlock-style ad/tracker blocking. Best of both worlds!

De-googled Chromium? This does not compute.

Re: Disable AI in Firefox

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Post by bitpush »

porphyra wrote: post #18

Mozilla could have had the no-nonsense, high performance browser backend that everyone uses to build their own browsers (like the recent glut of AI browsers), instead of everyone using Chromium/Blink. In the past, Gecko was really the go-to choice for this. They almost had a second shot with Servo. But they kinda really dropped the ball on the technical capability of the browser while continuing to be distracted by a…

> Mozilla could have had the no-nonsense, high performance browser backend that everyone uses to build their own browsers

I agree with the sentiment, but you underestimate the level of engineering, coordination, design work, testing it is to do this.

It is admirable that they even have a half-decent browser, but to compete at the top you need soooo much money and motivation.

Re: Disable AI in Firefox

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Post by ZenoArrow »

porphyra wrote: post #18

Mozilla could have had the no-nonsense, high performance browser backend that everyone uses to build their own browsers (like the recent glut of AI browsers), instead of everyone using Chromium/Blink. In the past, Gecko was really the go-to choice for this. They almost had a second shot with Servo. But they kinda really dropped the ball on the technical capability of the browser while continuing to be distracted by a…

Time to switch to Waterfox, it's basically Firefox with the privacy features that Firefox should have by default:

https://www.waterfox.net/

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