Reading about Ubuntu and nvidia’s LLM development collaboration, it seems like none of the features will be forced on end users via software updates. It seems like an opt-in situation, for which I’m thankful. As Microsoft and other companies are going about LLM integration wrong. Forcing users to test unsafe software is a horrible strategy.
@WanderingInDigitalWorlds I'm on Windows, and I'm not forced to use LLMs. There is a Copilot icon I usually ignore, but sometimes find useful. That's about it. I did subscribe to Copilot for Office for one month, to see what all the fuss was about. I found it useless for me, so unsubscribed, and haven't been bothered by it since.
@jaifroid I could’ve worded my post a bit differently. My worry stems from the deep integration that Microsoft went with, without giving Home Users a direct method of fully opting in or out of said integration. Pro and Enterprise have an easier method using the Policy Editor. I can use the Registry Editor; that method tends to be rather dicy. It makes me wonder how much data they are casually using to train Copilot. The Recall feature they’re working on feels very invasive.
@jaifroid Without clear and easy ways to completely opt out in settings for Home Users…My visceral response is immediate discomfort and feeling that it is being forced into Windows. As Microsoft clearly could have chosen to make Copilot completely opt-in instead of opting out.
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