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Microsoft can't even be arsed to implement proper search in Windows 10/11, and they claim this.
I’m no Microsoft hater, but their track record in implementing that feature at a basic level definitely does not bode well for something more complex…
Oh, right, Microsoft says it? It’ll definitely happen, then. Their pronouncements about the future of computing are famously accurate. That’s why we’ve all been using Windows for Pen Computing since the noughties.
A lot of Microsoft's or Bill Gate's predictions turned out correct, they just weren't the ones to make those visions happen. Gates said about 30 years ago that we'd all be having internet connected computers in our pocket in the future, and they were right they just turned out to be powered by Apple and Google and not by Windows. Same with tablet computers. Their own implementation failed but the tablet computer exis…
We generally don't use them by _writing_ on them, though. Like, their predictive power more or less comes down to "computers will get smaller", here; if anything things like the iPad owe more to the 'Padd' things from Star Trek TNG than they do to Windows for Pen Computing.
On this basis we may surmise that Star Trek is better at predicting the future of computing than Microsoft, and, thus, rather than ever-present AI assistants, we will have evil AIs which can be made to explode with logic paradoxes.
I think what Suleyman is missing here is that most people aren't fine with their "TVs, laptops, in-car cameras and earbuds" recording everything continuously. The most popular modification made to laptops is a small round sticker to seal off the webcam. The enshittification of the car market is something that only car manufacturers seem to like. The most common question with a smart TV is "how do I get that thing to…
I really hope so but I'm not so sure. I suspect most people are fine with anything that isn't obviously intrusive. I sometimes get the feeling that people are more upset with cookie popups than constant invigilation.
If these models could run offline, 100% locally, with expected privacy, Im up for it, i want to use a product, not be training data
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A lot of Microsoft's or Bill Gate's predictions turned out correct, they just weren't the ones to make those visions happen. Gates said about 30 years ago that we'd all be having internet connected computers in our pocket in the future, and they were right they just turned out to be powered by Apple and Google and not by Windows. Same with tablet computers. Their own implementation failed but the tablet computer exis…
> Same with tablet computers. Their own implementation failed but the tablet computer exists today and is pretty successful, except is not Win PC based but based on mobile platforms. We generally don't use them by _writing_ on them, though. Like, their predictive power more or less comes down to "computers will get smaller", here; if anything things like the iPad owe more to the 'Padd' things from Star Trek TNG than…
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A lot of Microsoft's or Bill Gate's predictions turned out correct, they just weren't the ones to make those visions happen. Gates said about 30 years ago that we'd all be having internet connected computers in our pocket in the future, and they were right they just turned out to be powered by Apple and Google and not by Windows. Same with tablet computers. Their own implementation failed but the tablet computer exis…
> Same with tablet computers. Their own implementation failed but the tablet computer exists today and is pretty successful, except is not Win PC based but based on mobile platforms. We generally don't use them by _writing_ on them, though. Like, their predictive power more or less comes down to "computers will get smaller", here; if anything things like the iPad owe more to the 'Padd' things from Star Trek TNG than…
Writing and drawing on tablets is actually one of their major selling points in replacing computers and paper notebooks, versus just buying laptops with flippable touch screens which were the tablets of the past.
I think what Suleyman is missing here is that most people aren't fine with their "TVs, laptops, in-car cameras and earbuds" recording everything continuously. The most popular modification made to laptops is a small round sticker to seal off the webcam. The enshittification of the car market is something that only car manufacturers seem to like. The most common question with a smart TV is "how do I get that thing to…
My hopes aren't high that we'll have a great awakening; instead we'll continue to be on auto-pilot until these things have grave consequences like falsely prosecuting or convicting people based on LLM hallucinations. Maybe not even then, who knows.
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> Same with tablet computers. Their own implementation failed but the tablet computer exists today and is pretty successful, except is not Win PC based but based on mobile platforms. We generally don't use them by _writing_ on them, though. Like, their predictive power more or less comes down to "computers will get smaller", here; if anything things like the iPad owe more to the 'Padd' things from Star Trek TNG than…
Most modern iPads do get written on them though, it's just not Windows based I guess. And iPad get more and more features to really write on them a lot.
I've never actually _seen_ anyone use an iPad by writing on it; perhaps it's something that people only do in the privacy of their own homes.
Oh, right, Microsoft says it? It’ll definitely happen, then. Their pronouncements about the future of computing are famously accurate. That’s why we’ve all been using Windows for Pen Computing since the noughties.
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[1] The hardware wasn't ready though: there were units akin to more recent tables and hybrids (360⁰ hinged laptops or those with detachable keyboards) but at the time it wasn't possible to make them light enough with enough battery life, nor powerful enough² without noisy active cooling, large touch screens that worked well enough without a stylus were too expensive so the pen had to be a thing, etc.
[2] At least to support desktop/laptop workloads. People hadn't got used to the middle-ground of powerful-enough-for-what-you-might-actually-find-a-tablet-convenient-for (PDA like tasks, web browsing, video playback, light games, maybe light office work) via smartphones and nobody wanted to try sell a 9+ inch PDA.