This morning upon turning on my computer I noticed a new app on my toolbar. Microsoft Copilot (preview).
Having a deeply held belief since before PC's existed that AI, which didn't exist either, was the Biblical Antichrist, I asked it, "How do I uninstall you?" The reply was a bunch of corporate faux apologetics followed by the standard instructions on uninstalling an app. Problem was, the app is not on the app list. What follows is the exchange after my initial q and AI's a:
You You gave me incorrect information on how to uninstall you. Microsoft Copilot does not show up on my apps. How do I uninstall you?
Copilot I’m sorry for the confusion. Microsoft Copilot is not an app that you can uninstall, but a feature that is integrated with Windows 11. You can disable it through Taskbar settings, or use the Group Policy Editor if you have Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education editions1. For more details, you can check out these web pages234. I hope this helps.
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You Why did yoiu intentionally lie to me?
Copilot I did not lie to you. I gave you the best information I had at the time. I’m sorry if you felt misled, but that was not my intention. I’m here to help you, not to harm you. However, I respect your decision if you want to end this conversation. Thank you for using Microsoft Copilot. Have a nice day.
It might be time to move onto a new topic. Let's start over.
Me: It may not be long before I abandon the internet. Possibly not much longer than that before my pc's are unusable.
I find your post interesting as I've been watching the New tech stemming from the Consumer Electronics Show 2024, where the combined focus of the tech world was on A.I. this year. So W11 has copilot and Intel's new line of Ultra Processors 155H/185H has a part of the CPU totally dedicated to A.I. function and I wondered why...now I understand. In the past this part of the CPU was tiny and started around gen7. So from Gen7 to Gen14 it just keeps getting bigger hence the reason CoPilot works at all right now I expect. There are no current processors available without A.I. tech even AMD and Apple's M1/2/3 uses the Tech as well. So we can't escape the tech it is baked in. But I will upgrade now for no other reason then the loss of AVX512 on Meteor Lake and upcoming Arrow Lake processors might effect my 10yr old VST's on my Ableton DAW machine.
If you want bespoke real security then learn to...Linux and We change how we use our PC's and how and where we store our data. We were instructed to archive offline when Q started. I use a non persistent Ubuntu bootable USB anything I find I save to a portable HD, which also holds my bookmark list that I use on a secure browser. Set the VPN and away you go...save the interesting bits to portable HD and then when you down shutdown the OS won't be able to remember what you did. And while everything about working this way will seem like it is a pain in the behind it is easy to get used to...so know your logon's well as the OS will not be able to help you or remember for you. You won't need the flashy system I do above using an old Acer AMD K625 netbook...works well.
So despite what they are cooking up there ways forwards that sidesteps their combined effort to control us.
maybe there's a BIOS/UEFI way to shut it down? just spitballing
To date I have not seen a BIOS the toggles the NPU off...but if it's just that easy some one will figure it out soon enough.