Mike Saunder wrote:
I think the big "NO" is effective on social media here, attracting
attention. So how about a variant on this image, confirming that
LibreOffice doesn't "mine" any data or do anything with AI?
Back in the days of OOo, there was a marketing proposal with the slogan:
"Your language, your documents, your way"
Part of the idea was that the UI and spellchecking were available in
more languages than MSO. I no longer track such things, but I suspect
that LibO still covers more languages than MSO does, as far as UI,
spell-checking, and grammar checking go. I suspect that MSO and LibO can
write the same number of languages.
Your documents meant that the data on your system stayed on your system,
unless you deliberatly provide it to third parties.
There are three or four instances in which a user can provide their
documents to a third party, without realising that they are doing so.
The biggest culprit being the built-in Language-Tool settings;
IIRC, the other culprits require the user to install the extension that
does that data transmission.
With the appropriate configuration settings, copying data from one
document to another can be problematic. As in, LibO simply sits there,
saying copying is not possible, except it displays a much more cryptic
message. Unfortunately, that security setting doesn't extend to not
unintentionally send your documents to a third party.
Your way refers to the degree of customisation that is possible.
Extensions, templates, and similar things.
(In my mind I go back to a proposed commercial,depicting the office
manager onboarding a new employee. As each employee is introduced to the
new hire, the camera pans over the employees computer screen. The
software is obviously LibO, but every monitor has a different writing
system, and every computer uses a different data input system. On the
manager's desk is a moon printer.)
Of course, some people find AI/LLM tools useful in the context of office software, so we shouldn't try to simply paint them as bad.
From my perspective, the AI extensions for stock LibO haven't been that
impressive.
OTOH,for those that went to trouble of downloading the code, tweaking
it, and adding the requistite modifications, the AI tools have been
extremely impressive --- if your desktop has enough RAM, drive space,
graphics chips, and multiprocessor chips. (20+ TB drives, and 256+ GB
RAM, etc.)
But stress that LibreOffice does nothing with your content, except let you work
on it.
jonathon
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