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Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by dfedbeef »

flohofwoe wrote: post #76
_1tem wrote: post #69

Why do writing tools have to be a feature of every app instead of an operating-system wide tool like Apple Intelligence? Makes no sense whatsoever to just "sprinkle AI everywhere" except for specialized use cases.

I bet there's there's a poorly thought out directive from the company bigwigs to integrate AI into all Microsoft products, and middle management is gobbling that up to get ahead in the rat race. Visual Studio and VSCode have also become infested with little Copilot icons.

(points to nose)

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by eBombzor »

alsetmusic wrote: post #73

So, they went from not updating in forever, to finally updating it in some meaningful ways a couple years ago, to adding crap that no one wants pretty much right away. Too much, MS. Shoulda quit while you were ahead with tabs.

They already went too far with the UWP transition. Now the app takes forever to launch, compared to the old version.

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by joblemblem »

optymizer wrote: post #74

Software companies want to shove AI everywhere because it's the shiny new thing. Hardware companies love it because they can finally have a way to fight the "it's good enough for email and browsing" argument to sell us more hardware.

> because it's the shiny new thing

I wish it were that simple, but I feel for this to be true then consumers would need to want it.

In reality it gives them plausible deniability for increased surveillance, control, and extracting more value from customers without their consent.

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by michaelt »

koolba wrote: post #106
skeledrew wrote: post #86

Coming soon: "To ensure users have the best experience, we will require that AI features be active by default, which requires a continuous internet connection, a logged in Microsoft account, and enabled telemetry."

Before that you have to have the one where they have the “Disable” flag, but they “accidentally” ignored it.

Disable flag?

No no, the choices are "Enable" and "Maybe later"

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by msabalau »

bayindirh wrote: post #41
Ma8ee wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are aware. AI at least have the potential to create some value, which can’t be said about crypto currencies that still waste enormous resources.

I don't want to sound skeptical, but this is what Crypto people used to say when it was very new. It was supposedly worth all the power expenditure, because changing the world needed energy. Now we see where we are. I'm inside this "newfangled AI thing". There are groups which create value, but they create value for everybody. The humans and the nature in general, and they use AI for scientific ends. Medical image pr…

In terms of generative AI, for general use cases, Open AI reported having 11 million paid subscribers last quarter. People clearing paying for Adobe Firefly and Midjourney access. That's already a ton more people finding it useful in day to day life than Crypto ever had.

It is certainly reasonable to suspect that the scale of investments (in trillions of dollars) don't match the scale of the opportunity. But it's a bit silly to pretend that no one is getting any value out of this.

At the end of the day, data centers are 2% of energy use, according to the IEA. That's trending up, but even in couple of years, data center stuff is mostly going to be typical cloud stuff, then crypto, and then a fraction for AI.

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by anthk »

deprecative wrote: post #12
DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kinda defeats the point of “AI PCs” then…

You've got it reversed. AI PCs are just SPAs. You offload the workload to the client then send the resulting payload back.

Dumb terminals, like the 60's.

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by dagmx »

It’s disappointing that this isn’t just a system wide functionality for text boxes like it is on macOS, and that it requires signing in at all.

Having it be just inside notepad or specific apps means you also need to train people to change their workflows or context switch to use it.

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