Post B6hJTkfHMdAYcZBjFI by dzwiedziu@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B6h3HsMpIoURlfs9PE by dzwiedziu@mastodon.social
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       Dear @fdroidorg,The “AI” taint on F-Droid is starting to get absurd.Today I found LeanType, a “Privacy-focused keyboard with AI enchantments”, which was for me an immediate contradiction.https://f-droid.org/packages/com.leanbitlab.leantypeReading further:> LeanType (Standard) offers a hybrid experience: a private, secure offline core for everyday typing, with powerful AI capabilities available whenever you choose to enable them.So a privacy on/off switch?»#fdroid #foss #ai #slop
       
 (DIR) Post #B6h3HslznEch1jeFdY by dzwiedziu@mastodon.social
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       «> Key Features:> AI Proofreading & Translation:   Instantly fix grammar, rewrite text, or translate sentences using powerful AI. Choose between Gemini, Groq, or OpenAI-compatible backends.> Custom AI Keys: Program up to 10 customizable toolbar keys with distinct AI behaviors (e.g., #editor, #proofread, #toneshift) to quickly transform your text on demand.This looks like dangling “privacy” in one hand and in the other dangling all the “features” that you can have if you »@fdroidorg
       
 (DIR) Post #B6h3Ht7yTWCi7tvntY by dzwiedziu@mastodon.social
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       « resign from any privacy.BTW: do you remember the times when having a keyboard app with an internet connection was bad? Pepperidge farm remembers.At least the repo doesn't contain definite traces of “AI” taint, but I couldn't check the contributors list, because Github *must* count all the contributors by commits, and gets stuck.So I think that @fdroidorg should implement new anti-feature tags for apps where:- “AI” was used to generate media,- “AI” was used to generated code,»
       
 (DIR) Post #B6h3HtUf7ALtGGXvG4 by dzwiedziu@mastodon.social
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       «- the app is a front-end to “AI” services,- the app uses “AI” for it's features.@fdroidorg (And yes, this should've been a blog post, but I don't have a blog.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6h3T6duZBhvEDDcfI by fdroidorg@floss.social
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       @dzwiedziu If you don't have a blog post how are you gonna document and scan each and every app every week to see if their "AI status" is the same or changed? 😄 And how many anti-features will start with "AI"? 4? 🙀
       
 (DIR) Post #B6h4ja9ghup7LaVC7s by dzwiedziu@mastodon.social
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       @fdroidorg I kind of feel you're ridiculing me right now.I've made concrete points basing how “AI” can be used in a FOSS project, coming from the stance that “AI” use is broadly systemically harmful, and this, while finally any answer, is not what I expected.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6hD7bcViBuuTQwxiy by fdroidorg@floss.social
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       @dzwiedziu Not my intention, just remarking the work needed for this to function... and to function continously when users get upset installing yet unmarked apps, or developers being upset having their apps still flagged after they've cleaned them.Maintenance is not something done in toots, and so far we've only got toots.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6hJTkfHMdAYcZBjFI by dzwiedziu@mastodon.social
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       @fdroidorgWell I can do mostly toots/mails/forum posts, if you don't accept the proposal.And as you don't seem to want it (wanting less maintenance being a key thing) then I'll just stay at my “old man yelling at slop” toots.