@PurpleJillybeans @MichaelBishop Well, Linux itself doesn’t care about the technology you install (or navigate via the web to run) on it, so there’s no unified switch you can throw to keep AI out.
That said, I mention above using LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) because it bases itself on Debian (as open source and as little company-driven, as practical). But you’d still need to avoid websites you know use AI, to actively turn off AI features in apps you use, and all of that.
This is much better than Windows, where AI features come increasingly turned on by default, and some can’t be easily turned off, or turning them off would break basic functionality.
But even on Linux, you need to keep abreast of where/when AI may rear its ugly head. One issue I’ve recently learned of is the popular browser Firefox shipping (as of version 126, on all platforms, not just Linux) some new AI (but “anonymized”) settings you need to turn off.
I learned about it, and was at least pointed toward where to learn how to turn it off, by this video on @thelinuxexperiment

youtu.be/iinwIYt1IzM