Ethan Marcotte on Nostr: Just want to raise up the design of this “AI kill switch” in Firefox, and say how ...
Just want to raise up the design of this “AI kill switch” in Firefox, and say how much I like it: it’s a top-level preference, and the design and content are both *very* clear in communicating the different levels at which you’re making decisions.
I would *love* to see more product companies roll out something like this for their en-LLM’d features.
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