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Scout sounds like an excitable little dog that runs headlong into trees when trying to catch a frisbee. Given Microsoft's long history of failure with personal
by Morromist 4mo ago
Scout sounds like an excitable little dog that runs headlong into trees when trying to catch a frisbee.
Given Microsoft's long history of failure with personal assistants I'm looking forward to this one! Clippy, Cortana, Copilot! Wasn't an animated dog called rover one of these way back? The best of all was unquestionably Ms. Dewey for Microsoft Windows Live Search who is almost forgotten.
- aaaronic 4mo agoI thought his name was Watson (the dog assistant). Edit: I was wrong. But there is "Power Pup" and apparently Will Shakespeare
- throaway197512 4mo agoIt was Rover
- not_a_bot_4sho 4mo agoPower pup was the superdog. Rocky was the normal dog. (I was way too into the building apps with the assistant framework as a kid...)
- e9 4mo agoDon't forget about Tay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(chatbot) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(chatbot)
- blauditore 4mo agoShit, that was 10 years ago already? Feels more recent, also in terms of technology.
- epcoa 4mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob You can go straight to hell for making me feel old.
- mathgeek 4mo agoAs a kid I absolutely loved these interfaces.
- kristopolous 4mo agoit was a knockoff of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Cap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Cap
- Morromist 4mo agoI still do, honestly.
- kristopolous 4mo agoguess who is reusing that name? https://bob.ibm.com/ https://bob.ibm.com/ I saw IBMers wearing shirts with it at the moscone center this week at the snowflake event.
- mitthrowaway2 4mo agoDon't forget Sydney! No, no no, do not forget Sydney. We do not like people who forget Sydney, we do not, do we?