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Linux users' AI-free desires likened to car-free potato farming

The author likens the desire for a Linux distribution entirely free of AI to requesting potatoes produced without cars, highlighting the ubiquity of AI. They argue that filtering out AI is impractical and that such efforts won't deter those with technological ambitions. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post expressing an opinion with a provocative analogy, not reporting on a verifiable event or development.

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Linux users' AI-free desires likened to car-free potato farming

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · lazyb0y ·

    as sad as it is. saying you want a Linux distribution without any AI because its hell of a shit is quite a bit like going to the market and asking for potatoes

    as sad as it is. saying you want a Linux distribution without any AI because its hell of a shit is quite a bit like going to the market and asking for potatoes produced completely without using a car because cars are shit the cause to ask is very good but these things are already…