It’s also really bad even for AI.

Not only would it have been really, really easy to find a non-AI image, it would have been similarly easy to get better results from image gen. It’s like they went out of their way to find the worst slop possible.

I know that sounds ridiculous, since I can “simply not use them,” but I want to spend my money on an appliance, not a consumer data collection tool.

For what it’s worth you’re actually spending the manufacturer’s money (or at least some of their profit margin) on a data collection device that they won’t get to use.

Smart devices are cheaper because the data collection subsidizes them.

Compute will become pervasive, as in Windows experiences are going to use a combination of capabilities that are local and that are in the cloud.

…what does Davuluri think “pervasive” means?

I’m in exactly the same boat. Five linux machines in the house plus two windows gaming rigs, mine and my partners.