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> Worryingly, in the example given, Copilot can move files around and create folders depending on its interpretation of the user's instructions. What could poss

> Worryingly, in the example given, Copilot can move files around and create folders depending on its interpretation of the user's instructions. What could possibly go wrong? As long as copilot gives me a list of everything it’s going to change before doing it and an easy revert, I don’t see a problem with this. It sounds like a great feature!

nixass 3y ago
> I don’t see a problem with this. It sounds like a great feature! Famous last words
- theultdev 3y ago
  That's why they qualified it.
LonelyWolfe 3y ago
If I can get this to sort my huge mess of photos based on geolocation and time into folders for me based on my own folder and naming structure... This just might be useful. Edit : even older folks who have no idea how tech works might be able to finally sort their photos as well.
- benrutter 3y ago
  That sounds very helpful, and if AI can do it, then that's great. But also, it seems like rule based file restructuring should already be easily possible without AI. Shame something like that doesn't exist.
  - ForkMeOnTinder 3y ago
    It does exist, there are at least dozens of such tools. Here's a random one I found with a quick search. https://photostructure.com/getting-started/automatic-library-organization/ https://photostructure.com/getting-started/automatic-library... But if it's not powered by AI it won't make the news in 2023
  - wlesieutre 3y ago
    I know on Mac the popular tool for automatic file sorting is Hazel https://www.noodlesoft.com/manual/hazel/hazel-overview/ https://www.noodlesoft.com/manual/hazel/hazel-overview/
- baz00 3y ago
  You can do that in Apple Photos without an AI stuff. What they need to do there is actually build a competent photo management app into the OS.
  - kyriakos 3y ago
    Isn't that what they just did?
    - baz00 3y ago
      No. Nowhere near that. It's a steaming turd.
- 908087 3y ago
  [dead]
- SoftTalker 3y ago
  Short circuit the problem by not taking so many photos. Ask yourself honestly, how often do you ever look at them? If you do, you've probably also got them organized. If you don't, then you're just hoarding.
  - lobsterthief 3y ago
    This sounds a lot like Jobs’ famous “don’t hold it that way” suggestion to solve iPhone 4’s signal dropping. Asking users to take fewer photos is not a useful solution to the problem of managing large photo libraries.
- LispSporks22 3y ago
  In Apple-land, it's done that for ages: group via face, put name to face, group by geolocation etc. I think it's started recognizing my dogs too. Happens all device side.
  - kyriakos 3y ago
    Google photos does amazing work with this. It's face people detection is so good it recognises baby photos all the way to adulthood as the same person.
- Condition1952 3y ago
  yeah. I have spent two weeks hashing thousands of pictures scattered around the informal backups and now I still have to deal with different size versions of the same image. I wish the computer could rename them consistently in my stead and removed the lesser quality versions. I would prefer if it was a tool developed by anyone else but Microsoft.
blibble 3y ago
the undo button in explorer still doesn't work properly after 28 years
- jetrink 3y ago
  I recently hit ctrl-z in explorer after accidentally moving some files and instead of moving back, they just disappeared. I couldn't believe it. I had to recover them from a remote backup.
  - oefrha 3y ago
    Shit, I once irreversibly lost a document I spent an hour on due to something like that. It’s ridiculous.
  - bobbylarrybobby 3y ago
    Recent-ish HN post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35927413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35927413
  - ssss11 3y ago
    I saved a ppt in OneDrive the other day and it disappeared. It hadn’t synced, but it didn’t only show locally, it had completely disappeared! I closed ppt and re-opened but corp IT has disabled history in ppt so I couldn’t get to it again. It just magically showed up an hour later……..
    - happymellon 3y ago
      > corp IT has disabled history in ppt so I couldn’t get to it again. Some of these rules that security come up with are amazing.
- beebmam 3y ago
  Really? I've never had that problem. Can you get a repro scenario?
  - 3y ago
passion__desire 3y ago
--dry-run
- jodrellblank 3y ago
  *-WhatIf
spacecadet 3y ago
they already generate your windows user name from your windows email leaving you with users like "hello" instead of the one you defined during startup... Such slop.

nixass 3y ago

> I don’t see a problem with this. It sounds like a great feature! Famous last words

theultdev 3y ago
That's why they qualified it.

LonelyWolfe 3y ago

If I can get this to sort my huge mess of photos based on geolocation and time into folders for me based on my own folder and naming structure... This just might be useful. Edit : even older folks who have no idea how tech works might be able to finally sort their photos as well.

benrutter 3y ago
That sounds very helpful, and if AI can do it, then that's great. But also, it seems like rule based file restructuring should already be easily possible without AI. Shame something like that doesn't exist.
- ForkMeOnTinder 3y ago
  It does exist, there are at least dozens of such tools. Here's a random one I found with a quick search. https://photostructure.com/getting-started/automatic-library-organization/ https://photostructure.com/getting-started/automatic-library... But if it's not powered by AI it won't make the news in 2023
- wlesieutre 3y ago
  I know on Mac the popular tool for automatic file sorting is Hazel https://www.noodlesoft.com/manual/hazel/hazel-overview/ https://www.noodlesoft.com/manual/hazel/hazel-overview/
baz00 3y ago
You can do that in Apple Photos without an AI stuff. What they need to do there is actually build a competent photo management app into the OS.
- kyriakos 3y ago
  Isn't that what they just did?
  - baz00 3y ago
    No. Nowhere near that. It's a steaming turd.
908087 3y ago
[dead]
SoftTalker 3y ago
Short circuit the problem by not taking so many photos. Ask yourself honestly, how often do you ever look at them? If you do, you've probably also got them organized. If you don't, then you're just hoarding.
- lobsterthief 3y ago
  This sounds a lot like Jobs’ famous “don’t hold it that way” suggestion to solve iPhone 4’s signal dropping. Asking users to take fewer photos is not a useful solution to the problem of managing large photo libraries.
LispSporks22 3y ago
In Apple-land, it's done that for ages: group via face, put name to face, group by geolocation etc. I think it's started recognizing my dogs too. Happens all device side.
- kyriakos 3y ago
  Google photos does amazing work with this. It's face people detection is so good it recognises baby photos all the way to adulthood as the same person.
Condition1952 3y ago
yeah. I have spent two weeks hashing thousands of pictures scattered around the informal backups and now I still have to deal with different size versions of the same image. I wish the computer could rename them consistently in my stead and removed the lesser quality versions. I would prefer if it was a tool developed by anyone else but Microsoft.

blibble 3y ago

the undo button in explorer still doesn't work properly after 28 years

jetrink 3y ago
I recently hit ctrl-z in explorer after accidentally moving some files and instead of moving back, they just disappeared. I couldn't believe it. I had to recover them from a remote backup.
- oefrha 3y ago
  Shit, I once irreversibly lost a document I spent an hour on due to something like that. It’s ridiculous.
- bobbylarrybobby 3y ago
  Recent-ish HN post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35927413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35927413
- ssss11 3y ago
  I saved a ppt in OneDrive the other day and it disappeared. It hadn’t synced, but it didn’t only show locally, it had completely disappeared! I closed ppt and re-opened but corp IT has disabled history in ppt so I couldn’t get to it again. It just magically showed up an hour later……..
  - happymellon 3y ago
    > corp IT has disabled history in ppt so I couldn’t get to it again. Some of these rules that security come up with are amazing.
beebmam 3y ago
Really? I've never had that problem. Can you get a repro scenario?
- 3y ago

passion__desire 3y ago

--dry-run

jodrellblank 3y ago
*-WhatIf

spacecadet 3y ago

they already generate your windows user name from your windows email leaving you with users like "hello" instead of the one you defined during startup... Such slop.