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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Do =?UTF-8?Q?Microsoft=E2=80=99s?= Copilot+ PCs Require Linux?
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 01:53:27 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-05-22, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> RonB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> On 2024-05-22, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> 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
>>><https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/14/windows_ai_studio_preview/>.
>>>
>>> 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.

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