In reply to a post by billford:

I'm not too concerned about it running properly (although it will probably introduce a few new annoyances, if not bugs, Apple upgrades usually do) but, like you, I just don't want AI on my machines...

We're always being told that computers are just tools... well, tools are there to do a job, not pass opinions!

LOL, yeah, I think we are old hat.
I will use A.I on websites now and again, about once in a blue moon and I do have a A.I voice thing, which I am mucking about with, but that is offline. I may stick that on my Linux machine.

But I don;t need A.I on my Mac, any more than I need it on my phone.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

LOL, yeah, I think we are old hat.

Probably

I might not mind so much if the AIs were actually intelligent... but they're not. They can be very clever I'll admit, but that's not the same thing at all.

When used as a tool for a specific task in a particular area I'm sure they'll be invaluable, medicine for example, but in treating them as intelligent and giving them any degree of influence in areas where cleverness isn't enough then I'm very much afraid we've opened a Pandora's box...

But this isn't the place for my rants so I'll shut up

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

But I don;t need A.I on my Mac, any more than I need it on my phone.

I think the slide switch for "Apple Intelligence" is still in place on macOS 27 and iOS/iPadOS 27.