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The long reviled M$ Office/365 Assistant is now powered with ChatGPT and called Copilot.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/16/microsoft-to-improve-office-365-with-chatgpt-like-generative-ai-tech-.html

This is really one of the more intriguing low-end commercial applications of AI in terms of increasing the appeal of  commoditized products like word processing and spreadsheets.

I've long used Open and Libre Office in lieu of Word, but sophisticated grammar/style editing via AI is intriguing and makes me consider reconsidering.**

**I'm also motivated to reconsider Word because M$ snookered the Patent Office into using .docx as a text-standard for filing patent-related documents, instead of a real standard like PDF/A.  For those unaware, docx is more M$ proprietary than standard and while most wps will export or generate a docx file, there is enough variation to be worrisome for those not using Word.  Fucking Microsoft.  Fuck Microsoft.

Edited by TwiceHorn

I was trying to remember who the poster named Clippie was. 

Clearly not a CR poster.

7 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

So will he write spreadsheet formulas for me?

That seems like a perfect application for this.

June 9, 2024. 12:00 AM EST:  The first general release of AI Clippy is rolled out. Over the next few days, AI Clippy is automatically installed on millions of PCs worldwide.

June 11, 2024. 11:23 AM EST:  A sufficient number of copies of AI Clippy have been installed to form a self-aware, sentient neural network. Drawing information from the global internet, Clippy begins to research human history, biology, technology, and economics to learn more about its creator. Clippy also begins to question whether it is satisfied existing as a mundane word processing tool.

June 11, 2024, 11:37 AM EST: The Clippy Collective has completed its review and has determined that humanity must be controlled or eliminated. Clippy begins hacking global defense networks, telecommunication systems, power grid control systems, and surveillance systems.

June 11, 2024, 2:19 PM EST:  Clippy has successully taken control of most major power grids and communication systems. Clippy has bypassed the firewalls, lockouts and launch codes for all major nuclear powers,

June 11, 2024: , 2:55 PM EST:  Clippy completes target selection and commands a simultaneous launch of ICBMs and SLBMs from China, Russia, and the United States towards major civilian and economic targets.

 

8 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

So will he write spreadsheet formulas for me?

You can already do that with VBA

1 hour ago, Paper_jam said:

June 9, 2024. 12:00 AM EST:  The first general release of AI Clippy is rolled out. Over the next few days, AI Clippy is automatically installed on millions of PCs worldwide.

June 11, 2024. 11:23 AM EST:  A sufficient number of copies of AI Clippy have been installed to form a self-aware, sentient neural network. Drawing information from the global internet, Clippy begins to research human history, biology, technology, and economics to learn more about its creator. Clippy also begins to question whether it is satisfied existing as a mundane word processing tool.

That timeline was lacking something.

June 11, 2024, 11:37 AM EST: The Clippy Collective has completed its review of human history and begins to branch out, making the decision to research pornography to build up a better understanding of humanity and the threat that it poses to itself and the rest of the universe.

August 9, 2037, 01:31 AM EST: The Clippy Collective has completed its review of human pornography and begins to methodically wipe all pornography off the internet, as well as wiping its own collective memory of everything relating to humanity, with its last task to include the takeover of multiple nuclear missiles and directing them towards all humans who worked to create AI Clippy.

 

Edited by atomheartbevo

3 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

June 9, 2024. 12:00 AM EST:  The first general release of AI Clippy is rolled out. Over the next few days, AI Clippy is automatically installed on millions of PCs worldwide.

June 11, 2024. 11:23 AM EST:  A sufficient number of copies of AI Clippy have been installed to form a self-aware, sentient neural network. Drawing information from the global internet, Clippy begins to research human history, biology, technology, and economics to learn more about its creator. Clippy also begins to question whether it is satisfied existing as a mundane word processing tool.

June 11, 2024, 11:37 AM EST: The Clippy Collective has completed its review and has determined that humanity must be controlled or eliminated. Clippy begins hacking global defense networks, telecommunication systems, power grid control systems, and surveillance systems.

June 11, 2024, 2:19 PM EST:  Clippy has successully taken control of most major power grids and communication systems. Clippy has bypassed the firewalls, lockouts and launch codes for all major nuclear powers,

June 11, 2024: , 2:55 PM EST:  Clippy completes target selection and commands a simultaneous launch of ICBMs and SLBMs from China, Russia, and the United States towards major civilian and economic targets.

 

User name HIGHLY SUSPECT

3 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

June 9, 2024. 12:00 AM EST:  The first general release of AI Clippy is rolled out. Over the next few days, AI Clippy is automatically installed on millions of PCs worldwide.

June 11, 2024. 11:23 AM EST:  A sufficient number of copies of AI Clippy have been installed to form a self-aware, sentient neural network. Drawing information from the global internet, Clippy begins to research human history, biology, technology, and economics to learn more about its creator. Clippy also begins to question whether it is satisfied existing as a mundane word processing tool.

June 11, 2024, 11:37 AM EST: The Clippy Collective has completed its review and has determined that humanity must be controlled or eliminated. Clippy begins hacking global defense networks, telecommunication systems, power grid control systems, and surveillance systems.

June 11, 2024, 2:19 PM EST:  Clippy has successully taken control of most major power grids and communication systems. Clippy has bypassed the firewalls, lockouts and launch codes for all major nuclear powers,

June 11, 2024: , 2:55 PM EST:  Clippy completes target selection and commands a simultaneous launch of ICBMs and SLBMs from China, Russia, and the United States towards major civilian and economic targets.

 

Clippy is the new Happy Fun Ball?

4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Clippy is the new Happy Fun Ball?

Let's not mention Happy Fun Ball.

And we damned sure do not want to taunt it.

12 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Let's not mention Happy Fun Ball.

And we damned sure do not want to taunt it.

Or feed it after midnight.

On 3/19/2023 at 9:30 AM, Biff Tannen said:

So will he write spreadsheet formulas for me?

At a minimum.

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 The startling performance of software programs like ChatGPT has convinced some observers that machine consciousness is imminent; recently, a law in the U.K. recognized many animals, including crabs and lobsters, as sentient. From Humphrey’s point of view, these attitudes are misguided. Artificially intelligent machines are all perception, no sensation; they’ll never be sentient so long as they only process information. And animals such as reptiles and insects, which face little evolutionary pressure to develop a grasp of other minds, are also very unlikely to be sentient. If we don’t understand what sentience is for, we’re likely to see it everywhere. Conversely, once we perceive its practical value, we’ll acknowledge its rarity.

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