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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You forgot clippy, but everyone forgets about clippy unless it's in this exact context. Or it's Norfolk wizard game.
I can't believe I forgot Clippy...
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Is there any fundamental difference between Copilot and Scout, or is it just a straight up rebranding?
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).
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You forgot they called it Bing in the middle too
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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microslop can fuck off.
I think you mean to say: "microslop can slop off"
Microfuck can slop off.
Fuckroslop can slop off.
Sloprofuck can fuck slop
do you really wanna be admitting that addiction is your goal?
A $6 Million Jury Verdict Ruled Social Media Is Addictive.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/03/30/a-6-million-jury-verdict-ruled-social-media-is-addictive-now-what/
That kind of fine is a pittance.
true. but this one wasn't a class action, either.. just one plaintiff.
I will never EVER give an AI agency over any of my personal accounts.
You are not the target audience.
Oh we're the target, just not the customer.
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Instead they made me addicted to Linux.
Yeah every time I get on my laptop it's a little more unrecognisable and unusable to me. Will be getting in Linux as soon as I get a chance.
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My non Linux savvy spouse is currently dual booting Linux Mint because Windows has become so frustrating to use.
Mint isn't perfect. We've run into a few bugs and shortcomings. But there's a big difference between dealing with genuine issues in an OS and using one that feels actively hostile and designed to exploit the user.
If both experiences can be frustrating, why choose the one that's frustrating by design (unless you absolutely have to) ?
I've used Linux for a decade now and windows is so much more buggy and shortcoming. Including new bugs.
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Gotta produce dopamine for that to happen. Not cortisol.
Yeah but one day they will hack it, like every form of advertising and addiction that was pushed on us since tobacco. This is just a new frontier that is unknown right now, like explaining the ridiculous idea of future social media addiction to a user in 2005.
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We're going to MAKE people ADDICTED by ~~making a REALLY Good Product!~~ ~~SOLVING annoying Problems!~~ ~~TREATING Customers respectfully!~~ FORCING ourselves Onto people like Donald Trump on Little Girls!
Did they try making it good?
That's the beauty of it (from their viewpoint), they don't have to make it good, just unavoidable.
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Yeah, we know
Have they tried making it better, I feel like I'm more likely to become addicted to it if it was good.
If they want people addicted to an AI, it's going to have to be a lot better than fucking Copilot.
As slop generators go, it's about the sloppiest.
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Duh. I wouldn't have called it "addiction", but dependency was clearly the goal, otherwise they wouldn't take away classical search.
I thought that was obvious from the start.
Hahahaha suck it, Microslop. I look forward to your Chapter 11 filing.
Create a captive audience through monopoly or near monopoly on a given market, then charge them more for a worse version of the product, reducing costs and maximizing profits, it's always been the goal with corporate capitalism, look at the whole Copilot and GitHub situation right now.
No shit, Sherlock.
And people would actually happily get addicted to an AI assistant which is reliable, safe, capable, kind, and fast.
They really should try making a great product. Then they don't need any tricks. People love great products.
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I can't fault them for this business plan. It has worked for the opioid business professionals time and time again, for centuries!
Oh they're making me addicted alright. I can't stop installing Linux on things. Its like a new vice for my devices
Hold on let me put on my surprised look
BREAKING - Companies want customers to get addicted to their products!!!1
At least they're honest (internally) about their intentions. Obviously this is also the goal of the other big AI foundries; it either already is or it will be in the future.
Luckily Microsoft is famously bad at this, but Google and perhaps OpenAI will be more successful. We're still in the subsidized honeymoon phase, but this window is closing with the increasing pressure to return profit.
As a skeptic, I'm not worried about myself, but I'm scared for the people who will get addicted and then ruined by full prices or devastated when their mind drug is taken away again.
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Explains why they want you to think it's also a person.
That shit should set off alarm bells of all regulators… but we elect people who don’t give a fuck so…
Legitimately most modern games or all of social media.
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