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This video was released by #Forbrukerrådet, the Norwegian #Consumer Council, a few days ago. It imagines the career trajectory of an "enshittificator"
It was hard for him to enshittify minor aspects of daily life in person, but became easy for him to do so at scale once he embraced the #Internet and #technology
So wait: Microsoft uses WEB technology for the Windows 11 interface. So everything is much heavier and slower. So slow that even the file explorer takes a long time to start up.So what's Microsoft's solution?Preload the file explorer into memory so that it displays immediately when you click on it.So it will eat up RAM and CPU when the machine is turned on.
Google will feed its AI with email.
As sender to an email address, I can not control it however.
In the latest November 22 update, Google clarify than "smart" does not mean "AI".
It seems however that Gemini is included as smart feature in the screenshots.
I was seized by the idea of combining two pre-existing computer technologies: the internet and hypertext, which takes an ordinary document and brings it to life by adding “links”. I believed that giving users such a simple way to navigate the internet would unlock creativity and collaboration on a global scale.
How to avoid AI enshittify similarly to the web?
First of all, we must ensure policymakers do not end up playing the same decade-long game of catchup they have done over social media.
Current development and governance of AI are dictated by companies.
The UI is not free anymore and is removed from the community version
One of the figure who coined the term Enshittification. He writes a lot