Why is Big Tech hellbent on making AI opt-out? | As Microsoft, Apple, and Google switch the tech on by default, what happened to asking for permission first?

[kr4u7@lemmynsfw.com]

https://youtu.be/yh1pF1zaauc

[corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca]

"coPilot, what is the Sunk Cost Fallacy?"

[eager_eagle@lemmy.world]

lmao my workplace encourages use / exploration of LLMs when useful, but that's stupid

[myopinion@lemm.ee]

Because they are trash that wish to force their garbage on us. Next question.

[slopppyengineer@lemmy.world]

They have to put it into everything and have people and apps depend on it before the AI bubble pops so after the pop it's too difficult to remove or break the dependency. As long as it's in there they can charge subscription and fees for it.

[ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

lmao when have tech companies ever given a semblance of a shit about consent. It’s an industry that has deep roots in misogynistic nerds and drunk frat bros

[tabular@lemmy.world]

I heard Windows was adding a "snapshot" and guessed that's what they were doing, but uhh.. are there really "AI Screens" hardware doing this too?

[aa5b@lemmy.world]

The reason is probably the indexing takes a lot of time. You can’t just turn AI on and expect it to work. You need to turn it on and wait for it to dig through all your data and index it for fast retrieval

[gaael@lemmy.world]

what happened to asking permission first?
Masculine energy I guess.

[paraphrand@lemmy.world]

Data collection. And hoping to stumble upon consistently useful use cases yet-unknown.

[circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org]

AI is data hungry. If they opt you in, they also get more data from you automatically.

Even if everyone opts out on day 2, they get a crap ton of free stuff in the meantime.

[facedeer@fedia.io]

Because very few people are ever going to turn an optional feature on, whether they would ultimately like it or not. They need to be shown it. If they hate it, they will turn it off.

[allero@lemmy.today]

They can be offered to choose.

Opt-out is always bad because it is meant to exploit users who are not aware that a certain feature can be turned off. Even among those who do, not all are confidently going through settings.

[obviouslynotbanana@lemmy.world]

Just because you brought up copilot, I think people need to see this

[kr4u7@lemmynsfw.com]

Not yet on pc, but iPhone 16 has a chip already and the new copilot certified laptops will have it as well. MacOS has the capabilities already with that Daemon mentioned in the video.

The era of surveillance is making huge progress every week.

[selokichtli@lemmy.ml]

I guessed it was the classic "first one cones free, the next one we'll see". They are offering AI for free to make people dependent on the technology, once people can't live without their AI, then corporations will start profiting from subscriptions.

[r_deckard@lemmy.world]

I tried co-pilot. Once.

I asked it "why does Windows Defender peg my HDD* at 100%"

The reply was "I don't know, but here are some google searches that might help"

Microsoft's own co-pilot doesn't seem to have access to microsoft products, so now I uninstall/deactivate it every opportunity I can.

*yes, a HDD. Not ideal for performance these days, but it's the last laptop I have with a HDD, and I use it for experiments.

[drahardja@lemmy.world]

This is it. “We spent so damn much money on this, we gotta see some NUMBERS on the dashboard!”

[deathbird@mander.xyz]

For the user data. That's it. That's why it exists. That and the dream of replacing some jobs.

[etterra@discuss.online]

Because must people are too lazy and/or stupid to bother up putting out. If they had an authentic metric for demand then they couldn't trick the share value into going up.