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Post by chrisco255 » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 5:58 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #2

Naming choice feels a lil sus considering the existing mindshare on "Q" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

I'm sorry, are we cancelling the letter Q now?

Re: Amazon Q (Preview)

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Post by someguy101010 » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 5:58 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #2

Naming choice feels a lil sus considering the existing mindshare on "Q" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

Q learning predates Q anon by a lot

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-learning

Re: Amazon Q (Preview)

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Post by tmdyn » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 5:59 PM UTC

Is this why Amazon bought MGM? So they can use a James Bond movie character name?

Re: Amazon Q (Preview)

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Post by kristjansson » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 5:59 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #2

Naming choice feels a lil sus considering the existing mindshare on "Q" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(Star_Trek) ?

Re: Amazon Q (Preview)

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Post by keketi » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 6:00 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #2

Naming choice feels a lil sus considering the existing mindshare on "Q" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

Yes, he always was a bit of a dick - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(Star_Trek)

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Post by whywhywhywhy » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 6:01 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #2

Naming choice feels a lil sus considering the existing mindshare on "Q" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

Only for the terminally online.

Re: Amazon Q (Preview)

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 6:04 PM UTC

chrisco255 wrote: post #11

whalesalad wrote: post #2

Naming choice feels a lil sus considering the existing mindshare on "Q" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

I'm sorry, are we cancelling the letter Q now?

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Re: Amazon Q (Preview)

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Post by dtihanyi » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 6:06 PM UTC

"Amazon Q offers 40+ built-in connectors to popular enterprise applications and document repositories, including S3, Salesforce, Google Drive, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Gmail, Slack, Atlassian, and Zendesk"

Having a direct link to S3 + existing connectors built in feels like a strong competitive moat. Interested to see how far they can expand on this

Re: Amazon Q (Preview)

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Post by giraffe_lady » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 6:08 PM UTC

someguy101010 wrote: post #12

whalesalad wrote: post #2

Naming choice feels a lil sus considering the existing mindshare on "Q" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

Q learning predates Q anon by a lot [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-learning

Swastika predates the nazis by a lot too but I wouldn't put one on my leather jacket. Seniority is a weak position when trying to guess what meaning people might infer from a word.

Re: Amazon Q (Preview)

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Post by Multiplayer » Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 6:10 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #2

Naming choice feels a lil sus considering the existing mindshare on "Q" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

from the NYTimes article: The name Q is a play on the word “question,” given the chatbot’s conversational nature, Mr. Selipsky said. It is also a play on the character Q in the James Bond novels, who makes stealthy, helpful tools, and on a powerful “Star Trek” figure, he added.