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Architecting Consent for AI: Deceptive Patterns in Firefox Link Previews (www.quippd.com)
submitted 2 days ago by yoasif@fedia.io to c/linux@programming.dev
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TL;DR: Mozilla has a new CEO and a new mission: transform Firefox into an AI browser. That has run into some snags, as Firefox users don’t seem that interested in AI. Mozilla is forging ahead, utilizing deceptive patterns (previously known as dark patterns) to nag and annoy people into enabling AI features. You can see this in the introduction of Link Previews, an extremely invasive anti-feature that exists solely to push AI into your experience.

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[–] andioop@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

I have been specifically thinking about how big tech keeps manufacturing consent for AI, having it on by default and counting accidental undesired uses for "95% of people adopted our AI features!" and all this… glad to see an article that has a title reflecting my thoughts. Looking up manufactured consent for AI usually brings things on how people can use AI to manufacture consent or change narratives, not on "consent to AI" being manufactured itself.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

For me, as long as Debian still packages it and disables these features, I’ll be fine, but LibreWolf looks more and more tempting these days, and having tried it a bit, I can live with the minor annoyances.

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait, is "dark pattern" taboo now?

[–] ColonelThirtyTwo@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago

FWIW "Deceptive Pattern" is still fitting, both in meaning and tone.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I wonder if folks are just trying to make the concept more accessible so they can be a visible problem to more people