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Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time

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Re: Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time

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Post by darknavi »

Chance-Device wrote: post #15

> the thing that scares me about the existence of this data is that it seems well within the capabilities of current technology to train a model that can replicate me , in some sense There’s already all of your posts on social media accounts, all your emails on various servers, all of your text messages, all the notes you’ve written anywhere in any form that might end up in some database in the future. It does make m…

That is interesting.

I can imagine replicating my speaking/typing mannerisms quite well if I think about stages in my life. Maybe a yearly snapshot, so I could talk to my self as a teen, college student, early professional, etc.

Re: Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time

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Post by fluidcruft »

wkat4242 wrote: post #6
fluidcruft wrote: post #3

The flip side to this is that if you come to depend on a companies AI, then if you leave or are let go, you are leaving a significant part of yourself behind that you cannot take with you. This is a real problem companies need to address before I even begin to trust or rely on these tools. It's going to lead to massive growth of shadow IT.

Also the 'agent' features. Our company has been blocking all agent features from regular employee access because they don't want random users building their own automations. This kind of stuff requires care and an eye for regulations like GDPR. To permit this as Microsoft wants would lead to a lot of shadow IT. Which will be really hard to get rid of. I compare it to lotus notes which beside being an email client was…

All I need is Citix and I can automate anything. If it's on a screen and I have a mouse and/or keyboard I can automate it.

Re: Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time

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Post by brookst »

fluidcruft wrote: post #3

The flip side to this is that if you come to depend on a companies AI, then if you leave or are let go, you are leaving a significant part of yourself behind that you cannot take with you. This is a real problem companies need to address before I even begin to trust or rely on these tools. It's going to lead to massive growth of shadow IT.

Is it that different from corporate culture? Someone who makes big contributions to culture is extremely valuable, and that’s left behind as well.

I could see evaluation of one’s ability to contribute to training corpus being just as important as cultural contribution (e.g. leadership, team building, etc).

Re: Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time

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Post by javajosh »

Chance-Device wrote: post #15

> the thing that scares me about the existence of this data is that it seems well within the capabilities of current technology to train a model that can replicate me , in some sense There’s already all of your posts on social media accounts, all your emails on various servers, all of your text messages, all the notes you’ve written anywhere in any form that might end up in some database in the future. It does make m…

That only captures your output, not your input. The best people to simulate in this world would be so-called terminally online people virtually all of whom's input is itself online. So for those who've read a lot of paper books or done a lot of traveling or had a lot of offline conversations or relationships, I think it would be difficult to truly simulate someone.

Re: Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time

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Post by cmiles74 »

fluidcruft wrote: post #3

The flip side to this is that if you come to depend on a companies AI, then if you leave or are let go, you are leaving a significant part of yourself behind that you cannot take with you. This is a real problem companies need to address before I even begin to trust or rely on these tools. It's going to lead to massive growth of shadow IT.

That wacky article in the NY Times where Sergey Brin recommends everyone at Google put in 60 hours a week had a bit about how hey thinks all employees need to be using their AI products more:

He highlighted the need for Google’s employees to use more of its A.I. for coding, saying the A.I.’s improving itself would lead to A.G.I. He also called on employees working on Gemini to be “the most efficient coders and A.I. scientists in the world by using our own A.I.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/technology/google-sergey-...

Re: Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time

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Post by fluidcruft »

wkat4242 wrote: post #6
fluidcruft wrote: post #3

The flip side to this is that if you come to depend on a companies AI, then if you leave or are let go, you are leaving a significant part of yourself behind that you cannot take with you. This is a real problem companies need to address before I even begin to trust or rely on these tools. It's going to lead to massive growth of shadow IT.

Also the 'agent' features. Our company has been blocking all agent features from regular employee access because they don't want random users building their own automations. This kind of stuff requires care and an eye for regulations like GDPR. To permit this as Microsoft wants would lead to a lot of shadow IT. Which will be really hard to get rid of. I compare it to lotus notes which beside being an email client was…

Oh the horrors of people using and adapting machines to improve their own workflows and improve their own productivity.

Re: Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time

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Post by chasing »

Funny how automation is only a problem because workers don't own much of anything they create. Meaning, if I owned my business then automating myself away would be a dream! But for most people, automating yourself away means a complete loss of income.

I'm sure there's an economic lesson, here, our country will completely ignore.

Re: Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time

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Post by MrLeap »

fluidcruft wrote: post #26
wkat4242 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also the 'agent' features. Our company has been blocking all agent features from regular employee access because they don't want random users building their own automations. This kind of stuff requires care and an eye for regulations like GDPR. To permit this as Microsoft wants would lead to a lot of shadow IT. Which will be really hard to get rid of. I compare it to lotus notes which beside being an email client was…

Oh the horrors of people using and adapting machines to improve their own workflows and improve their own productivity.

What came to mind first is a situation where like, your company has a public API endpoint that sends emails for your SaaS. It accepts destination and email content as parameters. One day you find a deposed member of Nigerian royalty has used it to appeal to an entire address list worth of strangers to help them get money out of the country. They're clearly desperate, that's why they used your password reset form's API.

If your infrastructure is set up correctly, you can intercept that opportunity before it reaches the masses. Cut out the middleman. Deal with the prince directly. It's all yours now. It's your time. Daddy's eating steak tonight.

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