Sounds like a very cool idea, the implementation… not so much.
Also who would you use a chatbot in a survival situation when it halucinates and can be replaced with a simple search in this case?
I don’t see any problem with using a chatbot to find information in a giant wiki myself.
Worrisome
Oh, do elaborate. This ought to be good.
Might be kids (under-40s) these days dont remember functional search. Or theres no easy packages available.
Too much AI, too much Internet dependence, need a complete distro including all data with single click install from USB stick and no downloading. IDK if Khan Academy even allows that.
What internet dependence, it’s completely offline once you install it. Also, nobody is forcing you to use the LLM bundled with it. Stop perseverating.
They lost me at AI…
But yea, having the Wikipedia and offline maps stored away (e.g. for offline use on an android phone) is a great thing. I use a thumb drive instead of a interconnected thingy with “command centre”. Feeling old now.
Actually, having a local agent on the system with a bunch of data on it that helps you find things would be great for most people. People really need to get over the whole knee jerk reaction to all things AI related. It’s getting really tiresome.
People putting me in drawers is also getting tiresome.
I’m using coding agents as a tool for software development and like to summarize complex matters. That doesn’t mean, that I like having AI “features” cramped into everything.
And also there are the valid ethical questions AI-apologists and enthusiasts tend to dream away.
Edit: especially if the stack is advertised for survival, mind this. The more moving parts, the higher the chances for a critical failure.
You really don’t understand how having an AI agent look through your wiki and pull up relevant links quickly is useful? Also, what higher chance of failure are you talking about. It’s not like it’s an integral part of the system. The whole Ollama component is entirely opt in. At least try to make some sense here.
I love the concept, i have even been working on something similar but, big buts…
Recommend ubuntu? While many are moving away from it.
Ai chat with ollama as a prominent feature? Controversy aside, this survival computer better packs some hardware, which may cost more precious possibly limited power.
Note taking app? Besides the intention to run it on ubuntu which i presume already includes something to work with markdown… any computer with a terminal can make notes as far as i know.
Hardware scoring and community leaderboard? wtaf
Things like offline wikipedia in kiwix are indeed pretty cool but in general the way this software describes itself feels sloppy and based more on vibes then anything though out.
