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On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:41:39 -0800
Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> I think that AI could be used on a proper computer system to do all
> the little annoying things that people as ignorant as me have to ask
> experts about. Backups, defragmenting routines, checking for updates,
> changing ownership on disks and volumes and applying patches but my
> model of AI would be running only on one's computer and be active
> when the processor(s) have enough free cycles to be useful.

None of that is stuff that chatbots (or *any* kind of ML) should be
necessary for, or even *useful.* As with "vibe coding," the fact that
glorified Markov chains even *approximate* looking like a useful source
of information to some people says more about how needlessly Byzantine
we've allowed our systems and processes to become and our staggering
tolerance for unnecessary tedium and busywork than anything.