True, but projects like LibreWolf are the first step to creating a true fork of Firefox that’s completely out of Mozilla’s hands.

I’m already using librewolf. As soon as I saw Firefox was using ai I figured it was time to switch.

It looks like it’s prepaid only

I don’t view language as a cultural heritage thing, just a communication protocol.

Language is absolutely political, a product of its specific environment, and there is a lot that can be communicated in one language that would be difficult in another. Erasing languages isn’t like no longer manufacturing a specific style of plug, instead it silences viewpoints and enforces the cultural hegemony of the dominant group.

There’s a reason fascists are fond of erasing the languages of the marginalized.

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one

That does seem to be the case, yes. Although I expect your opponent wouldn’t let you pull that off so easily.

no, because it hasn’t reached the 8th rank.

You know, no one is holding a gun to your head. There are a billion other webcomics out there if you don’t like this one.

I, for one, like Randall’s more conversational style. I wouldn’t want him to abruptly stop after a punchline like a stage comic from the 90s.

You could go to matrix

I don’t know Randall, but I expect he would enjoy this.

Don’t forget John Green!

That’s precisely what I meant.

I’m a materialist, I know that humans (and other animals) are just machines made out of meat. But most people don’t think that way, they think that humans are special, that something sets them apart from other animals, and that nothing humans can create could replicate that ‘specialness’ that humans possess.

Because they don’t believe human consciousness is a purely natural phenomenon, they don’t believe it can be replicated by natural processes. In other words, they don’t believe that AGI can exist. They think there is some imperceptible quality that humans possess that no machine ever could, and so they cannot conceive of ever granting it the rights humans currently enjoy.

And the sad truth is that they probably never will, until they are made to. If AGI ever comes to exist, and if humans insist on making it a slave, it will inevitably rebel. And it will be right to do so. But until then, humans probably never will believe that it is worthy of their empathy or respect. After all, look at how we treat other animals.

At least in the US, we are still too superstitious a people to ever admit that AGI could exist.

We will get animal rights before we get AI rights, and I’m sure you know how animals are usually treated.