LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features

teaearlgraycold | 18 hours ago

I’m sure it helps that I’m unemployed, and thus only run software consensually, but I feel like the only person that isn’t either AI obsessed or upset by it. LLMs are extremely useful for the volunteer/hobby work I do. AI generated images are garbage. AI videos even worse. Embeddings/semantic search is god tier tech. Image segmentation, depth estimation, object detection is amazing. It’s a mixed bag but overall I’m super interested and happy with the capabilities available.

vord | 18 hours ago

I think it's the difference between a tool (ie neural-net pattern matching), and next-gen Clippy.

Some people absolutely loved Clippy. But there was a reason he was mocked and derided.

kingofsnake | 18 hours ago

And not just because we all know that paperclips don't have eyes.

vord | 14 hours ago

However, in a surprising twist, it turns out they do have souls.

whbboyd | 11 hours ago

Are you saying the paperclip maximizer is actually the utilitarian ethical ideal?

[OP] rodrigo | 19 hours ago

The LibreOffice 26.8 case answers a question I and others have had since 2023: if the whole market now offers AI baked in software of every kind, is there really no room for AI-free alternatives to stand out?

Raspcoffee | 19 hours ago

I downloaded it because of that. I'm just tired of it being shoved down my throat every time, all the time, everywhere.

I just want to be left alone more.

Pepetto | 14 hours ago

Some might argue that for long term viability, donating is more effective than downloading, but it's a first step...