Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future.

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux.

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

windowscentral.com/artificial-…

2026 will see #deMicrosoft trending - what's your pick?

#NoAI #MS365 #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource

Not ready to pay increased prices for AI? Choose alternatives: tuta.com/blog/microsoft-365-pr…

🚨 NEW VIDEO: The Windows Exodus Has Begun.

2025 was the breaking point. Forced hardware retirement and intrusive AI have sparked a mass migration to GNU/Linux. In this video, I explore:

📈 The data behind the 3.20% Steam high.

🇪🇺 How the EU is saving millions by ditching Microsoft.

🛡️ Why 2026 is the year of Digital Sovereignty.

Stop fighting your OS. Start owning it.

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The Windows Exodus Has Begun. (And the Data Proves It)

For decades, “The Year of the Linux Desktop” was treated as a tech world punchline. But as we enter 2026, the data shows the laughter has stopped. Between th...

^YouTube

If you use an AI-generated image for your article/post, this indicates to me you might have also used AI-generated text.

If you use AI-generated text for your article/post then:

1- I have no idea if you verified the veracity of any claimed facts.

2- I have no idea what your own voice is.

3- I have no idea if this truly expresses your own views, and if you even cared to read it.

4- I have no idea what your intention is with this, other than exploiting my attention and clicks with the least amount of efforts on your part.

5- This shows me you have no respect at all for the labour that was stolen to build these tools, exploiting millions of artists and writers to make billions of dollars without any compensation to them whatsoever.

Why would I want to engage with any content like that?

• I don't want to communicate with a machine (I can do that by myself).

• I don't want to participate in this disgusting exploitation of artists and writers.

• And I want to communicate with another human, of course.

If your intention isn't to communicate with another human, then stop deceiving them making them think they are

#NoAI #StopTheSlop

Don't want AI in web browser? Alternatives having not (or will not) put in AI:

librewolf.net
floorp.app
zen-browser.app
vivaldi.com
alohabrowser.com (Android)
waterfox.com
mullvad.net/en/browser
dillo-browser.org
falkon.org
wolvic.org/en (XR)
torproject.org (privacy)

Upcoming new:

github.com/LadybirdBrowser/lad…
github.com/servo/servo
gitlab.com/verso-browser

#browsers #noAI #Linux #desktop #mobile

GitHub - LadybirdBrowser/ladybird: Truly independent web browser

Truly independent web browser. Contribute to LadybirdBrowser/ladybird development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

So, given WP is willing to sell all its users down the river for some quick "AI" buzz, what fedi-enabled alternatives exist for human-centric websites? therepository.email/wordpress-…

I know of write.as, plume. They're to ascetic to match the brief. ClassicPress could be an option, provided the WP-ActivityPub add-on works with that.

#wordpress #ActivityPub #CMS #noAI #fediverse
cc @davidgerard

WordPress AI Team Outlines Vision for AI as a “Fundamental” Part of WordPress

The AI Team has published a series of posts laying out a vision to make AI as fundamental to WordPress as the database, calling on developers and hosts to adopt…

^{Rae Morey (The Repository)}

In the hours following the recent earthquake off the north-eastern coast of Japan, Google's #AI "displayed outdated information and wrong answers, including the wrong magnitude of the earthquake."

"False information must not be displayed -- even once -- in the field of disaster response, where lives are at stake"

#Japan #Earthquake #Tsunami #NoAI

Unregulated #AI is worse than useless, part infinity: "Google AI gave false tsunami information after Aomori quake"

asahi.com/ajw/articles/1621411…

#Japan #Earthquake #Tsunami #NoAI

I am so stubborn about not using AI.
You have no idea.

I will even go as far as writing my own texts, drawing my own images, writing my own code, and reading the whole article or email just by myself. Crazy stuff.

#NoAI

If they truly cared about the children,
they would be much more concerned about AI everywhere than end-to-end encryption everywhere.

Encryption actually protects the children.
AI harms them, and us.

#NoAI #Encryption #E2EE #RootForE2EE #ChatControl #AgeVerification

Whenever I see a generated image of what is supposed to be Ada Lovelace, I feel compelled to work on my portrait drawing of her. Based on the only two photographs of her.

She wanted to be remembered, not turned into an AI-generated Victorian Bratz doll, and she thoroughly disagreed with the usage of machines without vision.

#noai #adalovelace #mastoart

RE: jawns.club/@karschsp/115587483…

First #deGoogle, then #GoEuropean, now #NoAI

And #Tuta ticks all the boxes. Just saying. 😉

Politicians:
Terrified about citizens that might be sending private messages they cannot read on Signal -> Sudden panic about "protecting the children" 🙃

Also politicians:
Grok AI Chatbot collects data and asks for nudes from a 12-year old -> AI is innovation! We should invest billions in taxpayers money in it! 💰💰💰

cbc.ca/news/investigates/tesla…

#NoAI #NoGrok #E2EE #ChatControl #ProtectTheChildrenForReal

Saying No and refusing to use unethical tools and platforms can be a powerful way to protest.

Do not minimize the power you have by refusing to participate.

#Privacy #NoAI #DigitalRights #HumanRights

In my day job as a short film curator, the AI slop on YouTube posing as short films is atrocious.

Note to aspiring filmmakers: AI is NOT a shortcut. Learn your craft. Nothing beats human creativity, involvement, and hard work.

#noai #media

GenAI and what it does to the brain.

Truly excellent "long read" article about genAI and what it does to those who come to rely on it. Well researched, with insightful quotes from thoughtful people.

Good science/tech journalism used to be like that, but on AI topics this has become rare. So much easier for the salaried writer of a mainstream paper just to follow the hype.

The author, Sophie McBain, is listed as a "freelance writer" for Guardian, Times and New Statesman. I am glad she's kept her free mind.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#brain #learning #noAI #StopTheAICorruption #SophieMcBain

Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?

From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …

^{Sophie McBain (The Guardian)}

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I’ve long admired the old ALDUS logo from the early PageMaker days on the Mac. I’ve used that style to create a #PenPlotter rainbow portrait of Alan Turing for pride month.

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A badge of great honour and pride.

#NoAI #LLMsBegone

age of balloons

#unix_surrealism #rabbit #9front #art #ai #noai #nine

A magical moment - glow worms gently lighting up the scene near the waterfall.

#waterfall #water #australia #magic #night #twilight #LongExposure #landscape #landscapephotography #photo #photography #noai #foto #nature #naturephotography

#curl 8.11.1 has been released. It includes a fix to #CVE_2024_11053 - a #vulnerability I discovered.

It is a logic flaw in the way curl parses .netrc file. In certain situations, the configured password can be sent to a incorrect host. Luckily the affected configurations should be quite rare and thus the situation is unlikely to occur often.

The issue has existed in the curl source code for almost twenty-five years.

• curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-11053.ht…
• hackerone.com/reports/2829063

No AI tools were used in discovering or reporting the vulnerability.

#noai #handcrafted #infosec #cybersecurity

There is no AI, just other people's data.

#robot #comic #ai #data #people #noai

First time on Mastadon, and unsure of etiquette, but usually an introduction is a good way to start anything, so...
Hi, I'm Roxy. I'm a digital artist and designer from South Africa with over 20 years of experience. I make monthly YouTube videos, occasional brushpacks, and do weekly art lessons on Discord. I'm also the wife (of twitch streamer mr_w4rpath), a Christian, an animal lover, a PC gamer, an INFJ personality type.
roxanelapa.carrd.co/

#noai #humanartist #southafrican #introductions