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Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal (www.404media.co)
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[–] 161 points 5 months ago* (16 children)

Ah yes, Cortana and Copilot both suck, but surely third time's the charm. And when Scout is, inevitably, unpopular as well? We'll see what they call number four.

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  • [–] 69 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    You forgot clippy, but everyone forgets about clippy unless it's in this exact context. Or it's Norfolk wizard game.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    What about Microsoft Bob? Doesn't that count as their first attempt?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Clippy was basically an upgraded Bob kinda like how the old Jeep Cherokees are just upgraded Jeep Wagoneers.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah "but not as annoying" lol. No idea what you mean about jeeps: I'm in the UK, and not a car enthusiast either.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    Is there any fundamental difference between Copilot and Scout, or is it just a straight up rebranding?

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    My impression is that scout is specifically going to be an agentic ai. Agentic ai platforms are supposedly a little more competent than chatbots, but still subject to the same llm chicanery and enormous energy usage.

    It's hard to compare against copilot because MS has called a ton of distinct things copilot (see the diagram below).

    diagram of different MS products called copilot

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Cortana was actually really good on Windows Phone but they dumbed it down and added all sort of crap to it by the time it was integrated onto the desktop. They could've doubled down on whatads it good but nope.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    "A little sign in here, a touch of wifi there..."

    That's all I know of Cortana.

    🔇

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Not sure why that had to come on automatically at maximum volume every time, but the number of times I've finished backing up and re-imaging a computer at 3 AM, on to have her start hollering at the exact moment my head hits the pillow, is too damn many

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