Turn off/Block AI features

[theducks]

Does this thread need to move to Politics and Religion?

There are so many at the extremes: Never <> Always.

As to forgetting what I am reading:
I now resort to DELETING sample chapters (the content, not the notice) because I used to ignore new books at my pushers store, because 'I have read that' only to later find that it was the sample, not the book, that I remembered.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by theducks

Does this thread need to move to Politics and Religion?

No, because it has nothing to do with either politics or religion. People have extreme opinions in many other threads as well. That's just how it has always been.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Without a manually configured (by the user) external llvm connection/account, there is simply nothing that CAN be automatically "switched on". Please understand that.

Most of the anti-AI crowd doesn't care. Just the presence of the code is clearly an anathema to them, and just as clearly they're not interested in any arguments or discussion (as indicated by many posters in this thread who seem to have dropped by only once to state their opinion and then left).

[DiapDealer]

It's the drive-by FUD they leave that bugs me. As if Calibre's AI features are going to "wake up", configure themselves, connect to some random account on an online llvm and take over their computer. It's tech not magic. It can't turn itself on, nor be remotely switched on--in an old version or a newer one. No configured external remote (or local) llvm/account, no AI.

[The Old Man]

Interesting thread!
For one who knows little:
Is there a way to find if a Kindle book has the AI feature before you buy the book. I now have two (perhaps more) ebooks that have it and can’t find a note on Amazon’s page.
Is the coding module that provides the AI generic? That is, does it have to be individually written for each book or is it a module that can be added to any book?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Is there a way to find if a Kindle book has the AI feature before you buy the book. I now have two (perhaps more) ebooks that have it and can’t find a note on Amazon’s page.

Not sure what you mean by a Kindle book having AI features. Are you talking about Amazon's Story So Far, Ask This Book AI, etc. features? That is not in the book but in the hardware and software end. Even the Scribe's better handwriting transcription requires you to be connected.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Interesting thread!
For one who knows little:
Is there a way to find if a Kindle book has the AI feature before you buy the book. I now have two (perhaps more) ebooks that have it and can’t find a note on Amazon’s page.
Is the coding module that provides the AI generic? That is, does it have to be individually written for each book or is it a module that can be added to any book?

I'm guessing you wanted to post this in the other AI thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=371118

[The Old Man]

Yes, I meant Ask So Far and About This Book.
No, I have the correct thread, just uninformed onAI.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Yes, I meant Ask So Far and About This Book.
No, I have the correct thread, just uninformed onAI.

Those features have nothing to do with calibre. They were implemented by Amazon.

[The Old Man]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Those features have nothing to do with calibre. They were implemented by Amazon.

You’re right, of course. I read of Luddites, law courts, corporations, AI. I was misinformed.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

You’re right, of course. I read of Luddites, law courts, corporations, AI. I was misinformed.

Calibre has its own AI features, that have nothing to do with Amazon , hence the confusion.

[The Old Man]

So, anyway, I suppose the Calibre right-click-View sends the book title, author to Google Gemini and posts the response.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

So, anyway, I suppose the Calibre right-click-View sends the book title, author to Google Gemini and posts the response.

If you have configured it for Google Gemini, then yes.

[sushigal007]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Most of the anti-AI crowd doesn't care. Just the presence of the code is clearly an anathema to them, and just as clearly they're not interested in any arguments or discussion (as indicated by many posters in this thread who seem to have dropped by only once to state their opinion and then left).

I mean, what else is there to say? I don't like GenAI and the way it's being forced into the background of every piece of software going. I don't need it, I don't trust it, I won't use it, the general attitude here has ensured that I won't be updating Calibre any more, and none of the condescending comments here are going to change my mind any more than I'm going to change yours. But even though my opinion won't make a difference in the grand scheme of things, I wanted to voice it anyway, if only to let the OP know they're not the only one feeling this kinda way.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by sushigal007

I mean, what else is there to say? I don't like GenAI and the way it's being forced into the background of every piece of software going. I don't need it, I don't trust it, I won't use it, the general attitude here has ensured that I won't be updating Calibre any more, and none of the condescending comments here are going to change my mind any more than I'm going to change yours. But even though my opinion won't make a difference in the grand scheme of things, I wanted to voice it anyway, if only to let the OP know they're not the only one feeling this kinda way.

You speak of AI as it were a living being. Personally I find the attitude "I don't like or trust AI" as strange as I'd find the attitude "I don't like or trust a refrigerator/washing machine/computer/phone etc. etc.". AIs aren't sentient. They're tools and like any tool can be used for good or evil, depending on the user.