Whenever AI is mentioned lots of people in the Linux space immediately react negatively. Creators like TheLinuxExperiment on YouTube always feel the need to add a disclaimer that “some people think AI is problematic” or something along those lines if an AI topic is discussed. I get that AI has many problems but at the same time the potential it has is immense, especially as an assistant on personal computers (just look at what “Apple Intelligence” seems to be capable of.) Gnome and other desktops need to start working on integrating FOSS AI models so that we don’t become obsolete. Using an AI-less desktop may be akin to hand copying books after the printing press revolution. If you think of specific problems it is better to point them out and try think of solutions, not reject the technology as a whole.

TLDR: A lot of ludite sentiments around AI in Linux community.

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    You are, if you’re calling for Apple like features.

    You might argue that “private cloud” is privacy preserving, but you can only implement that with the cash of Apple. I would also argue that anything leaving my machine, to a bunch of servers I don’t control, without my knowledge is NOT preserving my privacy.

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      I’m waiting for the moment the storey breaks they ChatGPT didn’t do what Apple asked.

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      You might argue that “private cloud” is privacy preserving

      I don’t know since when “on device” means send it to a server. Come up with more straw men I didn’t mention for you to defeat.

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        Apple’s “private cloud” is a thing. Not all “Apple Intelligence” features are “on device”, some can and do utilize cloud-based processing power, and this will also be available to app developers.

        Apparently this has additional safeguards vs “normal cloud” which is why they are branding it “private cloud”.

        But it’s still “someone else’s computer” and apple is not keeping their AI implementation 100% on device.