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Microsoft to demo its new ChatGPT-like AI in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook soon

25 points by jtbayly 4y ago

jtbayly 4y ago
I guess the jokes about Clippy coming back weren’t jokes.
- type0 4y ago
  or Bob reincarnation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob
abudabi123 4y ago
Two use cases. Tell the Microsoft Ai to not let anything interrupt during the PowerPoint presentation coming from the Windows Pc. And, before that, tell Ai to "just work" with the projector or meeting screenshare at maximum diplay/audio performance spec.
- sharemywin 4y ago
  that's when you know you solved AGI. when your hardware just works with your peripherals
  - xen2xen1 4y ago
    And then when it doesn't, because it doesn't want to.
    - tstrimple 4y ago
      AGI unions will be our downfall.
- jtbayly 4y ago
  If only. Instead what we’ll get is “I’m sorry, but I can’t let you mark those cells black or red as that would contribute to systemic racism.”
AndrewKemendo 4y ago
Does anyone need more proof that product distribution is everything? Word hasn't changed significantly in what - 20 years? Now watch as GSuite gets crushed by MICROSOFT
- gowld 4y ago
  Assuming that Google will stop adding AI to GSuite?
  - AndrewKemendo 4y ago
    Doesn't matter because it's not a differentiator. It's just keeping pace now instead of growing market share based on feature differentiation.
- jeremiahbuckley 4y ago
  You know where Word processing could really improve? Using stylus input on a tablet. Historically that's really clunky. Maybe AI to reformat my stylus-scribbles into fully realized edits at the correct location and nicely formatted diagrams correctly blocked into the text. That would be killer.
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fatjokes 4y ago
They need to call it ClippyGPT or something. The internet's head would explode.
- gowld 4y ago
  It looks like you are requesting a paperclip AI Have you tried https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ ?
  - type0 4y ago
    MS will create the new Clippy AI such that it solves the paperclip problem with minimal fuss and minimal use of paper for environmental friendliness. Maybe the AI will team up with HP and Canon and be smart enough to turn off the print functionality in all your Office documents and printers so you won't need to have any paperclips

25 points by jtbayly 4y ago

jtbayly 4y ago

I guess the jokes about Clippy coming back weren’t jokes.

type0 4y ago
or Bob reincarnation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob

abudabi123 4y ago

Two use cases. Tell the Microsoft Ai to not let anything interrupt during the PowerPoint presentation coming from the Windows Pc. And, before that, tell Ai to "just work" with the projector or meeting screenshare at maximum diplay/audio performance spec.

sharemywin 4y ago
that's when you know you solved AGI. when your hardware just works with your peripherals
- xen2xen1 4y ago
  And then when it doesn't, because it doesn't want to.
  - tstrimple 4y ago
    AGI unions will be our downfall.
jtbayly 4y ago
If only. Instead what we’ll get is “I’m sorry, but I can’t let you mark those cells black or red as that would contribute to systemic racism.”

AndrewKemendo 4y ago

Does anyone need more proof that product distribution is everything? Word hasn't changed significantly in what - 20 years? Now watch as GSuite gets crushed by MICROSOFT

gowld 4y ago
Assuming that Google will stop adding AI to GSuite?
- AndrewKemendo 4y ago
  Doesn't matter because it's not a differentiator. It's just keeping pace now instead of growing market share based on feature differentiation.
jeremiahbuckley 4y ago
You know where Word processing could really improve? Using stylus input on a tablet. Historically that's really clunky. Maybe AI to reformat my stylus-scribbles into fully realized edits at the correct location and nicely formatted diagrams correctly blocked into the text. That would be killer.

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fatjokes 4y ago

They need to call it ClippyGPT or something. The internet's head would explode.

gowld 4y ago
It looks like you are requesting a paperclip AI Have you tried https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ ?
- type0 4y ago
  MS will create the new Clippy AI such that it solves the paperclip problem with minimal fuss and minimal use of paper for environmental friendliness. Maybe the AI will team up with HP and Canon and be smart enough to turn off the print functionality in all your Office documents and printers so you won't need to have any paperclips