Techognito

Can confirm, you are not the only one

I see you point, but I also disagree, but I also somewhat agree.

“AI” as it is today, is a cancer.

However, generative algorithms could have its place as tools for different purposes.

For interactive entertainment. In things like video games, where you get to actually talk with an NPC in a role playing sense (in a speech to text and then get a response in a text to speech fashion).

Or, as a way to generate concepts to help illustrate a point. I draw worse than most kindergarten children, and could not draw a concept of what I’m trying to explain if my life depended on it. And while I could try and explain the same thing over and over until the person gets it, I find a picture generator able to understand me quicker/better and then able to generate a picture for those I’m speaking with.

But there are many problems with “AI” today, one of which is that it’s not actually “Artificial Intelligence”. It uses a ridiculous amount of energy, to do statistical calculations on a massive scale. Just so that in can output something that has a “high” probability of being coherent and that also answers the question/prompt (with higher focus on the former, rather than the latter).

There is also the fact that the data it was “trained” on, in most cases are stolen and in a way that causes/caused disruption to services providing the data they steal (or in Metas case, where the logic is: “We didn’t share the stolen data, so it’s not theft”). And, while I have do have my own not so popular views on copyright, I still see it as stealing.

tl;dr “AI” is a fucking cancer, but the genre of technology might have potential

Obviously the once with nothing left, so that those with more than they know how to spend can fill their vaults higher.

I have not any experience with WatchGuard, but it from some quick searching around it seems to not be far from the easiest to set up for linux. dual-booting is probably the easier solution.

I hope you find a solution to what sounds like not the best life situation, and may you have an otherwise have a nice Linux journey.

Then all I can do is welcome you and wish for you to have a nice journey

1. There is a workaround for installing win 11 with local account, it’s still horseshit
2. the fact that they think that just because they still show ads it’s ok in any way shape or form to collect any personal information is insane
3. don’t forget they are also trying to screen record 24/7 and then store it in the cloud (yes they store it “locally” in you appdata, that they then decided to sync with OneDrive)

Upgrade to win11 or change to Linux?

Without prodding too much into what VPN you work uses

Most VPN solutions run on linux just fine, even Microsoft PPTP VPN solution works fine. I would probably check with your IT department what protocol they use and any connection caveats (like machine certificates used for authentication) and look into the different VPN solutions (some examples; WireGuard and OpenVPN are very well supported, IPSec (libreswan or strongswan are options here) depends on setup, PPTP/L2TP should work with most setups (I have to admin I havn’t touched those enough), vpnc works with Cisco base IPsec setups and openconnect works with most SSL VPN connection)