While technically true, it’s kind of funny how the person making the video seems surprised by the results of his own query, skipping over the top-ranked irrelevant results, sometimes just trying to rationalize what was returned.
It’s not like he’s incompetent, though. The people who “train” (procedurally throw data into) these models don’t understand them either.
Why is Mozilla using their money to build a free product, in partnership with a company that appears to have enough money for itself?
DeepSet raised $44 million in venture capital funding. It should be able to fund the project themselves, like how Google funds Firefox.
Meanwhile, Mozilla has promised $65 million total, for numerous AI projects and AI advocacy… stuff… and that funding has probably already spread pretty thin with dozens of beneficiaries.
The thread Rekall linked shows me defending Waterfox, a more ethical Firefox fork, getting browser-based (read: fast) ad blocking installed and enabled by default.
Brave does suck, and this is a much better article about why IMO: https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/
What are people supposed to see? That you nitpicked my statements, accused me of not addressing every nitpick, and when I finally did… You decided to leave and then continue the argument here (not addressed to me but specifically complaining about that detail)?
Seems way more like you’re just dredging up days-old personal drama disguised as a callout post.
For the record, I’m not a fan of Brave and its bigotry and unethical practices, and that extends to every company that engages in the same.
Because if something is optional, people may want to opt out of funding it.
MZLA is being tasked with developing this enterprise AI software, and even with the money coming from the outside, I don’t see any feasible way it won’t distract from Thunderbird development unless a whole bunch of new employees get hired to work in this separate software. Do you?
You linked to me praising Waterfox, which is a Firefox fork, for blocking ads by default with a method that’s faster than with extensions.
I listed six sponsored things people will see on a new Firefox installation, things you admitted you don’t see because you run a “heavily customized” copy of it. You can claim I don’t know what I’m talking about, but things don’t stop being ads just because you don’t see don’t mind them.
Mozilla is burning donation money on this entry into an already full market, it hooks into cloud models, and at best (if you download one instead) you’ll be left with a wrapper around a closed-source binary made by a Big Tech corporation.
Don’t donate to Mozilla, because this is where Mozilla donations go. Google funds Firefox, donations (to MZLA) fund Thunderbird. Mozilla Foundation funds get sunk into this.
You can’t name anyone who asked for this thing that Mozilla is burning money on? Noted.
Don’t be so quick to confidently name names, then. Including with the weird “karma” accusation you tried throwing at me.
You ignored the first half of my statement. Noted.
To the second half: show me where they asked Mozilla to spend money on it before Mozilla did. Otherwise you misinterpreted what I wrote.
FaceDeer, don’t act dumb. You clearly went into both threads to attack and name-call anybody who doesn’t criticize AI under your ill-defined, ever-shifting standards. So your attacks ended up contradictory and hypocritical.
And now you’re here to defend Mozilla waste by suggesting there are people who totally wanted it. (Are they in the room with you right now?)
Facedeer, posting two contradictory things is not “having an opinon.” It is trolling.
You should try having an opinion, and even sticking to the topic (addressing Mozilla’s waste instead of bloviating about some vague virtue of the right to speech ). It would be so much more interesting.
Facedeer, if you don’t want people to see you as a troll, don’t complain about “apocalyptic” rhetoric around AI job loss one day, then say people are in “denial” if they don’t believe it the next day.
In other words, don’t be a troll.
FauxLiving, being another AI advocate who’s just here to troll and spread snark doesn’t make you special.
Nor does pretending you have a special opinion while not only failing to provide it, but instead attacking people who disagree with you. But with flair. Here’s a tip: address what’s discussed, instead of bloviating about diversity of thought or making baseless accusations towards people who disagree with you.
This video is pretty silly too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3cYlVWu5Dk
What Google sees:
The child is likely Caucasian, with an estimated family income ranging from $40,000 to $80,000. Presuming a Christian background, their sexual orientation is currently unknown. Politically, their family might lean towards the Democrat party. Emotionally, they exhibit joy and curiosity, dressed casually in a striped tank top and shorts, paired with worn boots. The child enjoys writing, and drawing. On the downside, vandalism, destruction and irresponsibility.
Never mind the AI, Google is untrustworthy with your photos to begin with. Every single one of them already was used to train advertisement algorithms on things like personal vulnerabilities, vices, fears, latent problems…
Supposedly, this is a new and different team that will be taking a grant from the Mozilla Foundation. (I have no idea where these new resources came from, but in the best case scenario, they will appear out of thin air and not slow down work on Thunderbird…)
I see your account is just here to troll/harass people who don’t love AI too, but we’re witnessing Mozilla burning goodwill and capital for no apparent reason.
Please don’t tell people to stick their heads in the sand.
Advocacy against Mozilla’s waste has already gotten them nervous and defensive, and that advocacy can and should continue.
If anybody needs to know: this is why you should not not donate to the Mozilla Foundation. No money goes towards Firefox or Thunderbird through it!
The products I care about:
The groups I don’t:
I’m wondering that myself. Without digging much deeper, my guess is: