[nickpeterson]

Microsoft really missed an opportunity to bring back clippy when showing chat gpt integration in office/windows.

It has deep nostalgia to a generation of computer users who are non-technical. People that were annoyed by it were either power users who wanted the machine to get out of their way, or learners who didn’t find it helpful.

I think in this case it would have worked much better and simultaneously validated earlier failed ideas. They would be viewed as ahead of their time, not like wrong futures.

Imagine the Microsoft press conference moment where clippy pops up and ACTUALLY HELPS YOU. I’d probably cry a little.

[williamtrask]

Lol. Probably worried it would reproduce and become a paperclip maximiser.

[civilitty]

This would complete the time loop started when the LHC was first turned on and finally collapse our timeline back into the time vortex.