it's so odd that AI needs nuances like this in the western world -- it feels like we're avoiding addressing how AI is being used to fuck things over for the rich in the west and i suspect it's because we don't want to address how it's being used in the east and leading AI to being embraced as a result.

Those things have been called AI long before 2022. In university I took a course whose name translates to "introduction to artificial intelligence" and while I don't remember a lot about it, I do remember that one of the things we learned about there was neural networks.

I didn't read it as snarky, I more got the impression that he prefers to be technically correct (in good faith, while also probably being tired of the bullshit). And I get the disconnect--people might expect a straight-forward "no-AI" policy, where everyone currently understands what that means, but I can also understand his concern of being locked into something that may some day return to our more broad understanding of the word.

I have no idea if the author is on the spectrum or not, but as someone who likely is, I get the frustration and wanting to clarify. But maybe that's just me projecting.

I think the statement after that just pertains to the art and visuals of the browser. As a musician who doesn’t have art/design skills, I can understand the pain of building something but not having the skills to make it look good visually (i.e. album cover art and promotional materials).

EDIT: Nevermind, I misread your comment. Yes, they could’ve just said “I code everything myself”.

EDIT 2: For those replying there’s still Mozilla code in there, yes I’m aware. I was implying the code specific to Waterfox.