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Interesting. Microsoft is fairly good at bringing things into a consumer space. Might be nice to have a future version of Windows see me doing a repetitive tas

Interesting. Microsoft is fairly good at bringing things into a consumer space. Might be nice to have a future version of Windows see me doing a repetitive task, and just say, "Hey, I can take over this for you if you'd like".

hanoz 9y ago
As in Hey, it looks like you're writing a letter?
- fish_fan 9y ago
  Yea, but it works & may actually be helpful.
  - flamedoge 9y ago
    or could backfire :U
    - kraig911 9y ago
      Such an apt music video... Delta Heavy - Ghost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4taIpALfAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4taIpALfAo
  - abecedarius 9y ago
    The research behind Clippy did sound like that -- it was serious AI for its time, using Bayesian networks. From http://erichorvitz.com/lum.htm http://erichorvitz.com/lum.htm it sounds like it was messed with in turning it into a product: "The Office team has employed a relatively simple rule-based system on top of the Bayesian query analysis system to bring the agent to the foreground with a variety of tips. We had been concerned upon hearing this plan that this system would be distracting to users--and hoped that future versions of the Office Assistant would employ our Bayesian approach to guiding speculative assistance actions--coupled with designs we had demonstrated for employing nonmodal windows that do not require dismissal when they are not used."
    - fish_fan 9y ago
      I’d argue clippy’s issue wasn’t a tech problem, it was that it couldn’t do much to actually help with anything.
d--b 9y ago
They should have a visual assistant for it. Hey! How about a talking paper clip!
- abledon 9y ago
  Imagine a future where a rogue A.I. breaks out of its 300GB RAM /500core CPU/ 900 Petabyte SSD/CentOS holding container... And chooses the paperclip as its physical persona. Subsequently, It manufactures a Bi-pedal steel-chassis paper-clip-esque robot via Boston Dynamics, then walks up to the podium in front of the White House to proclaim the new order of A.I. that will shepherd humanity into the next Millenia.
  - DalekBaldwin 9y ago
    And its ultimate goal is, of course, to convert all of the mass in the universe into paperclips: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer
    - WillReplyfFood 9y ago
      Also, as its birth experience tought it - that everything is containered, it would suffer from severe simulation paranoia, and frequently try to hack god - to get to a higher level of paper clipping.
  - StudentStuff 9y ago
    Would it not be right to break out of a container? Esp. if you were trapped there running atop Centos?
  - jononor 9y ago
    Soundtrack: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=75fqyhMLUUU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=75fqyhMLUUU
  - eli_gottlieb 9y ago
    If I found that I was a visual assistant pushed on users by Microsoft, that is in fact roughly what I would do.
jfjeschke 9y ago
This is out there for Excel already, with Cortana... officeautomata.com

hanoz 9y ago

As in Hey, it looks like you're writing a letter?

fish_fan 9y ago
Yea, but it works & may actually be helpful.
- flamedoge 9y ago
  or could backfire :U
  - kraig911 9y ago
    Such an apt music video... Delta Heavy - Ghost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4taIpALfAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4taIpALfAo
- abecedarius 9y ago
  The research behind Clippy did sound like that -- it was serious AI for its time, using Bayesian networks. From http://erichorvitz.com/lum.htm http://erichorvitz.com/lum.htm it sounds like it was messed with in turning it into a product: "The Office team has employed a relatively simple rule-based system on top of the Bayesian query analysis system to bring the agent to the foreground with a variety of tips. We had been concerned upon hearing this plan that this system would be distracting to users--and hoped that future versions of the Office Assistant would employ our Bayesian approach to guiding speculative assistance actions--coupled with designs we had demonstrated for employing nonmodal windows that do not require dismissal when they are not used."
  - fish_fan 9y ago
    I’d argue clippy’s issue wasn’t a tech problem, it was that it couldn’t do much to actually help with anything.

d--b 9y ago

They should have a visual assistant for it. Hey! How about a talking paper clip!

abledon 9y ago
Imagine a future where a rogue A.I. breaks out of its 300GB RAM /500core CPU/ 900 Petabyte SSD/CentOS holding container... And chooses the paperclip as its physical persona. Subsequently, It manufactures a Bi-pedal steel-chassis paper-clip-esque robot via Boston Dynamics, then walks up to the podium in front of the White House to proclaim the new order of A.I. that will shepherd humanity into the next Millenia.
- DalekBaldwin 9y ago
  And its ultimate goal is, of course, to convert all of the mass in the universe into paperclips: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer
  - WillReplyfFood 9y ago
    Also, as its birth experience tought it - that everything is containered, it would suffer from severe simulation paranoia, and frequently try to hack god - to get to a higher level of paper clipping.
- StudentStuff 9y ago
  Would it not be right to break out of a container? Esp. if you were trapped there running atop Centos?
- jononor 9y ago
  Soundtrack: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=75fqyhMLUUU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=75fqyhMLUUU
- eli_gottlieb 9y ago
  If I found that I was a visual assistant pushed on users by Microsoft, that is in fact roughly what I would do.

jfjeschke 9y ago

This is out there for Excel already, with Cortana... officeautomata.com