Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Do =?UTF-8?Q?Microsoft=E2=80=99s?= Copilot+ PCs Require Linux? Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 01:53:27 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 03:53:27 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c6575166c8d89d229a5c0ddeb98fa65f"; logging-data="1622930"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19uqgXTDwBmjggWm6XcWJZY" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NCe+790yLu1vNJtp7f619txbT90= Bytes: 2886 On 2024-05-22, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > RonB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > >> On 2024-05-22, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> I suppose you’ve heard the big news about Microsoft’s new range of >>> “Copilot+” PCs. These include an onboard NPU capable of at least 40 >>> trillion operations per second. >>> >>> The platform for developing applications for these machines was unveiled >>> last year >>>. >>> >>> Note one thing: AI Studio requires WSL2 to be installed! >>> >>> It was clear to me, from the beginning when WSL2 was introduced, that once >>> a Linux kernel was introduced into a Windows install, it was going to make >>> itself more and more indispensable, one way or another, until it >>> eventually took over completely. >>> >>> This is I think another step on that road. >> >> Interesting, I didn't know that. My wife currently loves using AI on her >> computer — hopefully that will wear off with time. I didn't realize that she >> needed Linux to do it. >> >> I, personally, don't want any part of AI. > > Indeed. You get stuff like this: > > https://imgur.com/gallery/someone-swapped-out-jesus-s-face-with-charles-manson-s-i-knew-exactly-where-to-put-9V0t7Fu Has Google ever gone back to allowing people to use their AI for drawing people? I remember it was almost impossible to bypass "inclusivity" (which meant no white people possible) a couple months ago. (So they blocked the feature "temporarily.") It was weird seeing black and Asian Nazis and Vikings. -- [Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." "It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine