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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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Microsoft Copilot AI’s official avatar looks like a blob of semen (pivot-to-ai.com)
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https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250728-microsoft-copilot-ai-a-pearly-liquid-blob-on-your-screen - podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3av5g0hAKwE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video

The video is heavily euphemised and I think I got away with it

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 20 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Baldur Bjarnason has given his thoughts:

I mean… yeah.

Also, between this and seeing tech types link glowingly to a crazypants “colonise the light cone by exploring latent space” type of delusional bullshit and I’m staring to worry that computers, as a concept, might not be salvageable after these clowns have run the show into the ground

[–] dshan@mastodon.au 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

@BlueMonday1984 I never thought I'd say this but, bring back Clippy!

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Whilst we're at it, bring back Tamagotchi - they don't ruin the planet, and also they're cute

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 7 points 3 days ago

kintamagotchi

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