I’ve already got that without a new browser. I’m good, thanks.

I’m trying to figure out what that means. Like if I were to imagine a wishlist of things AI might do in a browser:

• generate user-scripts to modify styling and perhaps even layouts through natural language.
• Use AI to automatically detect and remove advertisements, nsfw, etc. as desired
• identify spoofed websites and prevent them from opening
• search through browser history by natural language so that you’ll always be able to find that one page where you read that thing
• scan through a massive website (Wikipedia, corporate confluence or sharepoint) to find pages relevant to a natural language search
• identify fake content (lies, veiled advertisements, seo spam, satire)

Okay that’s all I can think of off the top of my head. Those would in theory be nice features to have, although I’d be worried about the ability to reliable deliver.

I also think all of that could be offered as a plugin for a regular browser. So I’m at a loss as to what would make the whole browser AI-centric.

Also I’m only reading the quote here, but I’d they are referring to the original vision of the web, it has nothing to do with any of this shit. But if that’s not the original vision being referred to then never mind.

This is one of those things where home users just default to PC = Windows. But apps are all online now. Probably 99% of the time all people need is a browser. Yeah some people think they have to have MS Office or some other niche windows program, but I consider myself a power-user and the only apps I open on my PC are Games, Discord, IntelliJ, VSCode, and then maybe fool around with local AI stuff. Photos and stuff are usually on our phones, but they can also all be backed up to the cloud from a computer easily enough.

I’ve already switched over to Linux because all of that stuff already works. (Caveat: I also have a PS5 for most gaming).

Most people just need someone to install Linux Mint or whatever and they wouldn’t even notice the difference. The only thing really slowing Linux adoption is folks who don’t want to field support calls from their friends and family.

If it’s effective, it will only be for the wealthy. If it’s a mixed bag, the wealthy will decide who gets it. If it’s a placebo or nearly so, it’ll be everywhere and cheap.

See also anti-agathics and other life extensions.

I’m certain that video probably got a lot of likes from folks who didn’t get the irony which is probably why the algorithm associated you watching it with that crowd. (Also I’m really sus about the whole “joking about being a hateful prick” industry, but I’ll assume your assessment is spot on here.)

I would’ve upgraded to 11, but either my computer doesn’t support TPM or I just refused to turn it on. So instead I upgraded to Ubuntu. There are probably better distros but I had a limited about of time to fuck around trying them.

Mint is pretty nice, too. It felt familiar, as a windows user. But I kept installing stuff that broke the updater. So I switched and found it’s me, not the updater, and I just need to do apt update/upgrade and dpkg -i regardless, but anyway now I’m on Ubuntu.

I still have my full windows install on an SSD somewhere if I had an emergency, but I haven’t had any such emergency in about a year.