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by layer8 833 days ago
“It looks like you're writing a letter. Would you like help?”

That didn’t go down so well in the past.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant

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True, however in the past we didn’t have LLMs. I would pay good money for a Clippy powered by a capable LLM.
People generally don’t like being interrupted by “smart” comments, be it by an LLM or by other people. It requires tremendous contextual and situational awareness to know when it is appropriate.
This is an actual sign of the end times. Look it up, and please don't try to resurrect clippy again.
> And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Clippy, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

> Revelation 6:8 (parody, please @God don't convict me under the "don't EVER rewrite ANY of Revelation, specifically" clause in Chapter 22, please!)

A little "light blasphemy" never hurt anyone!
Haha, I don't think I've ever read a more historically-inaccurate sentence. :P
I was definitely being tongue in cheek, but technically speaking I think most blasphemous acts aren't harmful, it's the response to those acts that gets people hurt.