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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

no mouse, no keyboard, no user

[–] shads@lemy.lol 13 points 2 months ago

Those annoying things that just go on and on about wanting to talk to a real person and expecting their software to fulfil their needs instead of Satyas personal vision? Cut em loose we don't need em!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

Yet somehow, users money.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

Well no more pebkac at least

[–] rauls5@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago

Fuck. Microsoft.

[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This really ignores that a vast majority of people appreciate some tactility and feedback on what they do. Millions if not billions of dollars have been spent researching the proper feedback to provide to users. I admit some workflows can be overly clumsy or burdensome, but even assuming AI functioned correctly and did the things it's supposed to this is still incredibly delusional.

I mean, I don't expect anything from Microsoft anymore, but the disconnect here between what they are attempting to promise and what people even want is growing at alarming levels.

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You mean you are not excited about gaming with voice prompts?

Me: "run forward but not too fast. Aim at the balls and shoot just before it attacks you back and then reload and turn left while crunching."

AI: According to Wikipedia, to run forward but not too fast is considered a fallacy. A better way to say it would be "Sprint forward while accelerating"

The future will be fun!

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 12 points 2 months ago

"Aim at the balls”
“I’m sorry, this request is against content guidelines so I cannot comply”

[–] HedyL@awful.systems 12 points 2 months ago

To me, this sounds like the fantasy of slave ownership all over again. They wouldn't demand exact written orders, either.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah remember paperless offices, cant stop the future.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My last office was almost paperless! When I started I was inventorying the IT infrastructure and asked about printers. "Meh, there's one over there, think it still works."

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The early paperless offices were 'paper is explicitly banned'. It was really weird, and they seemed so proud.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Never worked in one but I remember the hype!

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 10 points 2 months ago

You can pry my CORDED mouse and keyboard from my cold, dead hands.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

You can really tell that the tech industry just blanket laid off all of the UX researchers, otherwise they would have explained to them how dumb this is

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

good luck using vim wo a keyboard

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kai Lentit: Senior Engineer Uses vim Via Voice Control

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

hah reminds me of the emacs one. That would be good.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

How about go fuck your self? Fix AI properly and then we talk.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago
[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I was already as done with Microsoft as a person could be, but this is so disgusting.