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Turn off all AI with one click (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.world
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Noticed this in 148.0 for desktop

Firefox settings screen: "AI Controls You always have a choice in Firefox, including whether to use features enhanced with AI. More controls coming soon. Learn more Block AI enhancements Blocking means you won’t see new or current AI enhancements in Firefox, or pop-ups about them. Get more details about what’s included and how to control traditional machine learning features, like search suggestions and recommendations."
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[–] 10 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

I wonder what the variable name is so I can add a line to my user.js. Usually stuff like this can be changed with a setting in user.js.

Edit: apparently there are a lot of such variables, and I think I have already turned off a few of them. I don't see what's new then, other than a UI for this. If you have to turn all these off, how can they talk about it this way..?

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Mozilla promises that if you flip this switch, they won't keep surprising you with new AI features.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    Well the need for all those other settings apparently nullifies that idea. Unless the people recommending that I turn off all those pieces are doing so solely out of paranoia and maybe it's redundant and unnecessary to turn off all but the main one. Which could be the case, maybe but I personally lean toward the paranoid side

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

    Up until this point, the hodgepodge of half-hidden settings was a necessity, because Mozilla hadn't rolled out the setting we had today. Every few months, Mozilla would announce a new AI feature, and onto the pile of things to disable it would go.

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