There has been a lot of fuss about Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in personal computing. A lot more fuss from all the AI “SLOP” (as it is now known) flooding the internet. Microsoft is getting the most slop fuss as the new Windows11 AI “Co-Pilot” (CP) tries to take total control of personal thought.
I totally dislike Co-Pilot (CP) and have everything I can find turned OFF in my Windows11 OS. There is no “Master Off Switch” so I had to dig deep into the WIN11 set-up to discover where CP is hiding.
CP may still pop up in Microsoft Applications that are beyond the Operating System (OS), so I will have to deal with them when they appear.
I have no objection to AI when I explicitly request the process. It’s a very useful tool for many repetitive tasks. I DO NOT like to be constantly interrupted by the computer OS, with suggestions and help I don’t request. It quickly becomes a distraction rather than an assist.
I can’t help but have an overall uneasiness where all the implementation of AI is headed. This is because it is getting much more difficult to determine what is real human effort and true natural experience of not having AI involved.
I believe there will soon be a ban on video evidence in legal applications unless there is a way to absolutely beyond ANY doubt certify it was not generated or even altered by AI. There used to be a quote “Video never lies”, but that was never absolute. A bug on the lens of a video camera is often promoted as “proof” a ghost walked across the scene. That won’t “hold up” in court (I hope…).
The Internet Search function is entirely a form of AI. But no longer does it simply search. It now reads enough to compose its own version of what others have posted, true or not. The problem is the “TRUE OR NOT”
As far as personal computing (which BTW is now quite far from PERSONAL), I would like to have control, if I want or don’t want assistance from AI. And the “normal” start condition is “OFF”.
I also want the authorship of anything published fully disclosed. Especially if it involves any type of AI assistance.
What I want doesn’t carry much weight. But if say… a million more folks want the same; Maybe the boys in charge of computer operating systems sales and revenue will take notice.
Meantime, I do have alternatives. Writing this on a Linux computer is one of them.