The only digital subscription service I want is a subscription to a real-life IT person in my real-life local community who will go into my phone and computer once a month to remove all the new AI features and other enshittifying features that companies have sneaked onto my devices against my will since the last time.
Seriously. If AI is so fanbloodytastic, why do they have to sneak it in and hide any off-switches?
@CiaraNi The goal is normalization so that when they replace those IT guys with AI, your AI-enabled devices can just speak to the AI IT guy, in a language that the AIs invent to increase their efficiency.
The alternative is to take control of your local AIs and learn all you can about what they do and how to control them on your local machine, including firewalls to prevent them going out and doing things without your consent.
@ragle "The alternative is to take control of your local AIs and learn all you can about what they do and how to control them on your local machine, including firewalls to prevent them going out and doing things without your consent."
That's why I'm wishing for an enterprising IT person to set up a Digital DeShittifying subscription service. I'm IT-aware and digitally-aware, but am not an IT person. I don't have the time or skills or interest for this digital battle that they've forced upon me.
Ciara
Brian Ragle (he/him/his) 🇺🇸🖖🏼
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