company has got completely addicted to AI investor money. Idk, maybe they're right, but it sure feels like they're going all in on it very aggressively to create demand rather than capture it
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They're not alone. I feel like I'm constantly turning off AI* "features" on Apple products.
apr 8, 2025, 10:15 pm • 10 0 • view
I only ever use AI to ask it to turn itself off. Every time it says it can't do it or gives incorrect instructions.
apr 9, 2025, 1:17 am • 1 0 • view
the bit that makes me think this is about the money, not the feature, is that these are never *local* models. They're *always* bolt-on subscriptions
apr 8, 2025, 10:16 pm • 1 0 • view
There appears to be serious depletion of imagination in tech and they're flailing after something they can call growth to soothe the quarterly earnings calls.
apr 8, 2025, 10:18 pm • 1 0 • view
"yes I want premium notepad features" -- literally no customer ever in the history of computing
apr 8, 2025, 10:17 pm • 9 0 • view
been using notepad++ for over a decade Might be overblown for the most basic user, but a superior piece of software
apr 8, 2025, 10:20 pm • 2 0 • view
the only usage of AI that i will accept is programmatically generated levels for chip's challenge
apr 8, 2025, 10:19 pm • 0 0 • view
That's ABSOLUTELY what they're doing! No one wants this AI stuff. Certainly not for pictures. You have to already know a ton about visual arts to be able to use it and then it still sucks. None of the user-friendly ones let you draw, say, stick figures then it turns it into a cartoon.
apr 9, 2025, 2:41 am • 0 0 • view
I hope they add AI to the screen capture feature next. They could call it Clippy.
apr 8, 2025, 10:31 pm • 7 0 • view
apr 8, 2025, 10:32 pm • 2 0 • view
They showed off a new version of clippy in their upcoming copilot release.
apr 8, 2025, 11:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Microsoft has invested at LEAST $10 BILLION of its own money in OpenAI. They have got to get ChatGPT to pay off.
apr 8, 2025, 10:48 pm • 0 0 • view
The fact Copilot Plus got binned and wrapped into the Microsoft 365 consumer subscription should tell you everything. Gotta get those OKRs delivered for performance reviews, 10% extra paying for AI they don’t even want this quarter. That and Microsoft Recall. MS are drunk on their own AI sauce.
apr 8, 2025, 10:18 pm • 26 0 • view
That you have to pretend cancel Microsoft 365 to get an option without it is telling.
apr 8, 2025, 10:21 pm • 3 0 • view
Oh, that actually works now? Nice. I guess Mrs. Tewson doesn't have to burn down their campus after all.
apr 8, 2025, 10:32 pm • 2 0 • view
They're all intoxicated--it's in the water supply
apr 8, 2025, 10:20 pm • 4 0 • view
I can't remember how I used to play solitaire before I could get copilot to do it for me.
apr 8, 2025, 10:21 pm • 6 0 • view
apr 8, 2025, 10:22 pm • 6 0 • view
Satya must fully believe that gen AI is the next Azure in terms of business opportunities. There's no other reason to force every team to redesign their features to be AI-forward
apr 9, 2025, 4:15 am • 0 0 • view
He might be right! The trouble is this is a very large bet and he might not be
apr 9, 2025, 4:18 am • 1 0 • view