Astronomer responds to Bard launch ad

Re:Astronomer responds to Bard launch ad by adamrezich on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:40PM (#34701642)

I guarantee they focus-tested it and found that most people who remember Clippy don't have fond memories of him (and/or remember the memes/jokes about him more than they remember the actual Clippy), but, more importantly, most people don't remember him at all and wondered why this weird paper clip guy was talking. he hasn't been in an Office product since, what, 23 years ago or something?

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Re:Astronomer responds to Bard launch ad by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:15PM (#34701997)

And probably a fair number asked "what is this weird bent line thing and what does it have to do with searching the internet?"

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Re:Astronomer responds to Bard launch ad by knodi123 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @08:57PM (#34703111)

"Okay, fine, we'll make him an anthropomorphic phone dial. Or maybe a floppy disc."

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