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September 10, 2026
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An Option to Opt-out of A.I. Tools

  • September 10, 2026
  • 13 replies
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With the update today adding gen A.I. right in the toolbar, I found myself looking for ways to hide this unwanted addition and discovered its impossible to remove a tool from the toolbar. A simple change allowing people to choose what tools they see, or overall more options to make these A.I. changes optional instead of them appearing everywhere and sometimes being used by complete accident would be a welcome change. I’m honestly considering looking elsewhere for my work and I know other editors feel the same.

    13 replies

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 12, 2026

    I find it very hard to believe you could use this feature by accident.

    You need to take several action before being able to hit the OK button.

    BTW the software already contains machine learning and AI, not just this recent added button.

     

    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    September 11, 2026

    All are welcome to post their thoughts. Including those we disagree with. That’s not rudeness, it is simply that we are all different. Personally, I would prefer you participated here daily, as we would all be better for another different voice.

     

    You have an opinion of the new tools that is shared by some, but that many others do not share. I can’t see how they harm the environment but oh well, that’s me. And no tools are forced on you. You have choices, and of course in Premiere, like Avid and Resolve, there’s about 4 to 10 ways to do anything. 

     

    The auto color, transcriptions, search capabilities for clips by image or sound content, these and other things of the LLM age are a great tool for speeding the work for many of us. No ‘aritistic integrity’ issues or anything. I personally really like the new search, and I live by the transcriptions.

     

    I do a lot of interview and tutorial editing. Mostly bits of talking repeated two to six or more times througout a longer take. I hate scrubbing repeatedly through clips to find the usable bits. Using auto transcriptions I can print it out, note the time stamps of the bits I want to use, go back to the computer and simply grab those. So much faster, so less frustration on my part.

     

    And without the LLM, the transcriptions wouldn’t be there.

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    Participant
    September 11, 2026

    “oh well” right

    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    September 11, 2026

    We are alll different. At NAB every year, I love the aisle-way discussions of editors/colorists/vfx folks … as you get five editors from the same shope, all trained by the same person!!! … and you’ll have five different ways to do anything. It’s endlessly fascinating.

    What I find frustrating is when people expect … or even demand, at times … that because they feel some way or do something like X, that all other “reasonable” people must agree with them.

    To me, that’s lunacy, as we are all different and cannot be the same period.

    Why people are upset that someone else sees something differently is something I do not get. Enjoy the differences, they give spice to Life.

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 10, 2026

    Nope, cannot delete tools from the tools bar.

    Never have and probably never will.

    Participant
    September 10, 2026

    Glad to see we are open to change here.

    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    September 11, 2026

    “We”, like Ann, myself, and many others here, are just long-experienced users. “We” have no control over such decisions, any more than you do. “We” are just honest about the program in day to day use.

    And I think the vast majority of users love several of the “AI” things, actually just large language model stuff for the most part. Like … searching the project panel, transcriptions, ‘text based editing’, all of that ‘stuff’.

    There will always be tools on any toolbar you’ll never use. It’s the same in Resolve also. 

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...