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> Mozilla intends to focus on A.I. -- so we can expect more A.I. investment, and possible A.I. services, in the year ahead. back in March Moziila announced $30

> Mozilla intends to focus on A.I. -- so we can expect more A.I. investment, and possible A.I. services, in the year ahead. back in March Moziila announced $30m for A.I. services [0] what's weird is that wound business strategy is usually "what are our core strengths?" instead we get > A little over two years ago, Mozilla started an ambitious project: deciding where we should focus our efforts to grow the movement of people committed to building a healthier digital world. We landed on the idea of trustworthy AI. [1] OK, despite my skeptisism what's the plan > Mozilla.ai’s initial focus? Tools that make generative AI safer and more transparent. And, people-centric recommendation systems that don’t misinform or undermine our well-being. We’ll share more on these — and what we’re building — in the coming months. [0] While that's all very nice, who on earth are the customers? Is there a eshop somewhere lamenting "our recommendation system is not people centric" ? [0] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/introducing-mozilla-ai-investing-in-trustworthy-ai/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/introducing-mozilla-ai-i... [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozillas-vision-for-trustworthy-ai/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozillas-vision-for-trus...

lupusreal 3y ago
> Is there a eshop somewhere lamenting "our recommendation system is not people centric" ? I think they mean content recommendation systems used by social media. Mozilla Foundation likes to larp as a social media startup or something. Their big angle is that existing social media doesn't shut out 'bad people' e.g. people with opinions to the right of wherever the American west coast zeitgeist is this year. They want recommendation engines that only serve 'good people', or which engineer people's opinions to be more 'good'. But of course they don't actually have a social media platform worth a damn for them to impose their own agenda onto, so it'll end up tacked onto a mastadon instance nobody uses, or incorporated into the 'New Page' of Firefox, or maybe turned into a browser extension that tries to block or inject stories on other social media websites. All a huge waste of time and money.
- Baldbvrhunter 3y ago
  Sounds like they have this huge pile of cash and can't think of a way to improve Firefox with it in any way that seems gee whizz enough. They tried hopping on Blockchain train and ended up jumping back off after getting roasted by JWZ [0] "we are reviewing if and how our current policy on crypto donations fits with our climate goals. ... [although] decentralized web technology continues to be an important area for us to explore." I guess AI is gee whizz enough to escape the Planet Burning argument for now. A piece of software - with climate goals. They had a stab at VR with Mozilla Hubs [1] - and copied off Meta by also not including legs in the avatars! Your personal Hub for only $10 a month. Judging by the code commits it is, er, stable [2]. No-one explained how a GPU driven chatroom meets the climate goals! Imagine if they put all that effort into innovating the browser. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/6/22870787/mozilla-pauses-crypto-donations-backlash-jwz https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/6/22870787/mozilla-pauses-cr... [1] https://hubs.mozilla.com/ https://hubs.mozilla.com/ [2] https://github.com/mozilla/hubs/tree/master/src https://github.com/mozilla/hubs/tree/master/src

lupusreal 3y ago

> Is there a eshop somewhere lamenting "our recommendation system is not people centric" ? I think they mean content recommendation systems used by social media. Mozilla Foundation likes to larp as a social media startup or something. Their big angle is that existing social media doesn't shut out 'bad people' e.g. people with opinions to the right of wherever the American west coast zeitgeist is this year. They want recommendation engines that only serve 'good people', or which engineer people's opinions to be more 'good'. But of course they don't actually have a social media platform worth a damn for them to impose their own agenda onto, so it'll end up tacked onto a mastadon instance nobody uses, or incorporated into the 'New Page' of Firefox, or maybe turned into a browser extension that tries to block or inject stories on other social media websites. All a huge waste of time and money.

Baldbvrhunter 3y ago
Sounds like they have this huge pile of cash and can't think of a way to improve Firefox with it in any way that seems gee whizz enough. They tried hopping on Blockchain train and ended up jumping back off after getting roasted by JWZ [0] "we are reviewing if and how our current policy on crypto donations fits with our climate goals. ... [although] decentralized web technology continues to be an important area for us to explore." I guess AI is gee whizz enough to escape the Planet Burning argument for now. A piece of software - with climate goals. They had a stab at VR with Mozilla Hubs [1] - and copied off Meta by also not including legs in the avatars! Your personal Hub for only $10 a month. Judging by the code commits it is, er, stable [2]. No-one explained how a GPU driven chatroom meets the climate goals! Imagine if they put all that effort into innovating the browser. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/6/22870787/mozilla-pauses-crypto-donations-backlash-jwz https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/6/22870787/mozilla-pauses-cr... [1] https://hubs.mozilla.com/ https://hubs.mozilla.com/ [2] https://github.com/mozilla/hubs/tree/master/src https://github.com/mozilla/hubs/tree/master/src