[blibble]

if the generic public start associating all AI with the useless "Copilot" then Microsoft will succeed in killing off the entire AI industry

[monster_truck]

Just like using bing by default even if it's outright terrible (to the point of randomly suggesting the suicide hotline if you use it as a calculator), I make it do dumb bullshit for more Microsoft Rewards Points. It pays for xbox game pass for myself and several friends any time we've needed it

[PeterHolzwarth]

I think you'd be surprised at the number of average users who don't think of it as useless. As I've mentioned on comments elsewhere in this thread, remember what we here were talking about a couple years ago: LLM's killing websearch.

[hulitu]

> LLM's killing websearch.

Websearch is dying since some more than 10 years. It was stabbed in the back by greed (ads, SEO). LLM is just the nail in the coffin.

[ryukoposting]

Remember Cortana? Microsoft was eroding consumer trust in these chat-style "agent" tools before we even had a name for them.

[wkat4242]

And clippy before that. It's a running joke since the early 2000's with all the memes. And even this hilarious music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4taIpALfAo

[JdeBP]

Clippy has done a complete volte face when it comes to memes, in 2025. This is because of the right-to-repair people.

"Clippy never wanted to harvest you, turn you into the product, and clandestinely copy your stuff into some language model. Clippy only wanted to help."

* https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Clippy_Campaign