@nixCraft It doesn't seem like a real issue other than it being called "AI," which it isn't. But ML subtitles generated in realtime has the potential to not only help people who may need them, but also make others more comfortable when they prefer to use subtitles, but don't have them.

Everything happens on-device. VLC remains open source. The subtitles aren't even being downloaded remotely as they used to be. If anything, I see this as a small privacy win, along with a large accessibility win. Obviously there needs to be a toggle for it, but provided that there is one, I don't see any reason to have a problem with it.