News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by skeledrew on Thursday November 07, 2024 @09:57AM (#42077174)
Coming soon: "To ensure users have the best experience, we will require that AI features be active by default, which requires a continuous internet connection, a logged in Microsoft account, and enabled telemetry."
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by meowface on Thursday November 07, 2024 @10:15AM (#42077355)
Please give Clippy your consent for his neural interface integration. All advertising preference signals are masked before being sent.
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by otwall on Thursday November 07, 2024 @12:22PM (#42078691)
I am willing to get into the pod of goo if it means Clippy comes back
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by fuzzfactor on Thursday November 07, 2024 @01:49PM (#42079607)
Clippy couldn't even have been launched in 1997 unless there was already hype about upcoming neural networks in the years before.
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by koolba on Thursday November 07, 2024 @10:13AM (#42077331)
Before that you have to have the one where they have the “Disable” flag, but they “accidentally” ignored it.
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by michaelt on Thursday November 07, 2024 @10:22AM (#42077423)
Disable flag?

No no, the choices are "Enable" and "Maybe later"

Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by LoveMortuus on Thursday November 07, 2024 @10:40AM (#42077578)
I think it would be much easier and faster to just give the users one option. That way, they don't need to think about what they want and can focus on their work. (satire)
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by reginald78 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @11:59AM (#42078450)
We A/B tested this and found the acceptance numbers really went up.
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by LoveMortuus on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @07:24AM (#42125464)
My guess would be that there's probably some correlation between lass choice and decision fatigue.

Whenever I go grocery shopping it always takes me quite a while to decide which rice is worth my hard earned money and which isn't, especially because some rice makes my tiny rice cooker to start foaming all over.

Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by marcosdumay on Thursday November 07, 2024 @02:19PM (#42079898)
Some people thrive with more options. For those a [Ok] [Hell Yeah!] [Definitively!!!!1!!] set is the perfect fit.
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by tartoran on Thursday November 07, 2024 @12:02PM (#42078502)
More like "Enable" and "Enable in 8 hours"
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by fuzzy2 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @11:05AM (#42077850)
With "maybe later" prompting to enable every few minutes, of course only "accidentally". :-)
Re:Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now by mhuffman on Thursday November 07, 2024 @10:49AM (#42077684)
"Now that you are having the best experience, to ensure safety we will require acknowledgement that we might monitor what you type and may have to ability to disable your required account if we detect unsafe words or searches. This can mean that you will not be able to log back in to your computer. If you experience this issue simply log into your account and contact our automated support system."