Removing the need to do any research is just removing another exercise for the brain. Perfectly crafted AI educational videos might be closer to mental junk food than anything.

Android Messages and Facebook Messenger also pushed in AI as ‘something you can chat with’

I’m not here to talk to your fucking chatbot I’m here to talk to my friends and family.

He’ll be making posts from his deathbed. As bleak as things are right now, I really hope he never thinks he didn’t do enough.

Bing’s copilot is genuinely pretty good, the AI answer is often pretty accurate and the way it’s able to weave links into its answer is handy. I find it way more useful than Google search these days and I’m pretty much just using it on principle as Google is just pissing me off with killing their services, a few of which I’ve used.

I don’t think Microsoft is some saint but copilot is just a good product.

I have six all around my house, same setup using Z2M, haven’t had any issues

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The venture capital free money train is gone and they’re realizing their revenue models make zero sense.

A nice email from Google explaining that would have been lovely.

Same reasons here. Also, if you regularly watch Youtube on smart TVs/streaming boxes, etc. it’s just the most hassle free way to not get ads there.

I pay Google for Google domains (shutting down, being transferred to somewhere) and YT premium and they didn’t tell me either of these things.

Avoiding corporate software companies and abandoning established communities on principle isn’t something your average person does. Also, wrapping your head around the Fediverse, even if the sign-up process is as simple as other platforms, can be an obstacle for most people.