Whenever AI is mentioned lots of people in the Linux space immediately react negatively. Creators like TheLinuxExperiment on YouTube always feel the need to add a disclaimer that “some people think AI is problematic” or something along those lines if an AI topic is discussed. I get that AI has many problems but at the same time the potential it has is immense, especially as an assistant on personal computers (just look at what “Apple Intelligence” seems to be capable of.) Gnome and other desktops need to start working on integrating FOSS AI models so that we don’t become obsolete. Using an AI-less desktop may be akin to hand copying books after the printing press revolution. If you think of specific problems it is better to point them out and try think of solutions, not reject the technology as a whole.
TLDR: A lot of ludite sentiments around AI in Linux community.
Half the reason I switched to Linux almost a year ago was to avoid Microsofts forced invasive Ai bullshit. Seeing stuff like Recall has only cemented my decision.
I could go on a long rant about what I consider “right & wrong” when it comes to Ai but I’m just some dude and wanna use my own computer in the way I want to.
Yeah. That being said if it was a FOSS thing it would not drive me away from linux because I know I could 100% not have it on a machine if I choose not to use it and im pretty sure there would always be distros that do not use it. I can install linux without a gui and for a long time there were distros that did not put in a gui on installation. Freebsd was this way to for awhile. They are still around as flavors of distros and seems like naming has sorta standardized around the use of server in the name. suse server, centos server, red hat server, ubuntu server, etc.