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so that the tiny but vocal anti-AI minority will be happy

[citation needed]

Citation for what really? That the anti-AI movement is a minority? Just ask around you "have you used AI today?" and I'm pretty sure you'll see what I mean. I don't have a horse in this game and I'm not an AI fan, but the numbers speak for themselves so much that the mere question is odd.

The anti-AI ‘movement’ is a minority like all partisans are a minority. You shouldn’t be comparing them to passive consumers but to enthusiasts who actively demand ‘AI’ in their browser/Paint/Notepad.

True, and a reasonable PM will ignore both the anti-AI and the AI-in-everything groups.

We don't really have reasonable PM's though. Or rather, they are being paid to be unreasonable. They are ignoring everyone because the CEO 5 levels uo wants it.

And then others wonder why customers are frustrated.

> the numbers speak for themselves

What numbers? Have Mozilla published any numbers showing their AI experiments have been warmly received by users?

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