TL;DR: Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox: a single control panel that lets people disable AI features in the browser or pick and choose which to leave on. On the surface, this sounds like a win for user choice in an era of AI-everything. If we dig deeper, you can start to see that the kill switch isn’t the whole story. This feature acts like an accountability sink. By giving you an off-switch, Mozilla’s leadership shifts the ethical burden of AI onto the user - turning their design choices into your responsibility.

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[–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Could you link to a real issue so we aren't guessing about what we are looking at?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I'm seeing closed bugs from 2021 here, are we supposed to take these seriously?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    Its been a known issue for a while, yes.

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