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[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean if we're going to pin the whole economy on an entertainment experience surely we can find a better one than this

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

there's also sports betting and short form video slop

[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

AI will do wonders for them 😌

[–] volcel_olive_oil@hexbear.net 36 points 1 day ago

Copilot? For entertainment purposes only.

All those data centers? SATIRE.

Tanking the economy? A teachable moment.

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So they're literally saying it's a busy box (see image) while simultaneously saying it will replace large swathes of human labor. Deeply unserious.

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

what is this an anarchist diy fidget spinner?

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Large swathes of human labor is spent on busy work, because improving society would have untold and unprofitable consequences for the current regime.

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

What I'm getting at is that it's something given to babys to make them feel like they're doing something. In the case of AI, it's sold to CEOs as a way to automate labor, when it really just produces worthless dogshit that appears to be useful to the untrained eye. The busy work should absolutely be automated and people should be freed from drudgery but these planet-destroying toys controlled by corporations are not the way to get there.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Capitalist apologists will tell you that all of this busywork is economically necessary, critical even.

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But when it reports to cops then is it "for entertainment purposes only"?

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Tale as old as tech

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Windows is for entertainment purposes only

[–] Sleve_McDichael@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

“Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended”

lmao, I can’t wait to share this with the AI evangelists I work with on Monday

Source is on Micro$$oft’s ToS page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/for-individuals/termsofuse

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It can't even write a word doc. If there's "AI" built into Microsoft word I'd expect it to be able to read and make changes to the doc I'm editing but no it can only output text in it's own dialog window.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, the ability for it to actually interact with non-chat-window stuff is that whole "agent" bullshit they've been pushing lately.

"Hey, we finally let the chatbot send text to the command line! What do you mean it deleted your entire email box? Give us money please."

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 1 points 16 hours ago

Isn't it weird how they can surface a million dialog boxes to ask you if you want to switch back to Edge, but cannot fathom having a confirmation dialog for using LLMs to make potentially destructive changes to your files or system?

Seems so common sense that there must be some business strategy implying that having the user in the driver's seat is not the direction they would like to go. Microsoft certainly has the UI people necessary to design the UX for human intervention / supervision of LLM tool calling.

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

you gotta upgrade ($$) so it can do that.

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago
[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Threatening to replace you for entertainment purposes