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[-] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Ehh, I have a different vision here - AI is useful, it's just going down the hypermonetisation path at the moment. It's not great because your data is being scraped and used to fuel paywalled content - that is largely why most folks object.

It's, also, badly implemented, and is draining a lot of system resource when plugged into an OS for little more than a showy web search.

Eventually, after a suitable lag, we'll see Linux AI as the AI we always wanted. A local, reasonable resource intense, option.

The real game changer will be a shift towards custom hardware for AIs (they're just huge probability models with a lot of repetitive similar calculations). At the moment, we use GPUs as they're the best option for these calculations. As the specialist hardware is developed, and gets cheaper, we'll see more local models and thus more Linux AI goodness.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Eh, AI is over hyped imo, and I'm not particularly interested in running it at all. But local models do exist, and I hear they're pretty decent, so Linux users can get most of what they want today.

Linux shouldn't brand itself as anti-AI, and it really shouldn't brand itself as anti-anything, it should brand itself as being pro-user. If you want AI, Linux can handle that, and if you don't, Linux doesn't force it. It's the option for user choice. Oh, and if you don't want choice and just want it to work, there's a distro for that.

[-] Fedditor385@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Yes, but can you play modern games on Linux the same as on Windows? Even with anti-cheat software?

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[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

Great article, but:

"A user-friendly distribution like Ubuntu can be an excellent choice for individuals wary of privacy and ethical issues surrounding AI," says Taylor. "It provides a robust and user-friendly environment that minimizes the tracking and data collection you’d typically encounter with macOS or Windows."

It's been quite a few years since I used desktop Ubuntu, but I remember the Unity DE back then being not so user-friendly, at least for someone coming from the Windows paradigm. I've heard (but could be misinformed) that it's gotten even more opinionated over the years. Something like Mint is likely to be a better option for a first-time user.

Also, I wish the article had mentioned Proton. It states that you may have to be willing to abandon certain games, but that's far from the reality these days. At least through Steam nearly everything works right out of the box just by enabling Proton.

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