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[–] Strider@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I want to get off Mr. Bones Wild Ride.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

(to Microsoft) So, you won't be using your ai for vibecoding your updates anymore, right? ...Right?

..checking Microsoft's status page..

User impact: A subset of admins in North America may be unable to access the Microsoft 365 admin center.

Current status: We confirmed that an issue in a recent update introduced errors in the code path that facilitates calls to the Microsoft 365 admin center when encountered by admins, which resulted in their inability to access the Microsoft 365 admin center.

I guess Microsoft didn't get the memo they released, then...

[–] Teppa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dont know about anyone else but basic things like windows search, windows update, excel, etc.. has always been buggy. I always find it strange people saying this is a new phenomenon, I actually think most things regressed from XP outside of UAC.

[–] slavpi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago
[–] HollowedFleshwalker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Cue the circus music 🤡🎪

EDIT: cue not queue.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] HollowedFleshwalker@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Thank you, I learned something new today.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Could be either, if there was other music playing first...

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I do a few things at work that I use AI for. Work had a gpt enterprise key, now we've moved to claude. Through O365, I also have access to copilot.

Pretty much anything I ask claude or gpt about, I can be sure to get a solid answer or one that was at least on Stack Exchange or Reddit. If that fails, and I drill down a little more on a problem, adding details, they'll both get a little better after a couple of questions and usually come up with a reasonable answer.

Not copilot. If you ask copilot something and it doesn't come back in one shot with an authoritative cited answer, just walk away. It makes no attempt to ensure the answer is right or sane. It either hit in training or it didn't. And if it didn't, trying to convince it to strike out in a few other directions to solve it is absolutely a fool's errand.

It's like they bought into OpenAI, then never got any updates or made any progress. I

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's like they bought into OpenAI, then never got any updates or made any progress

I think they have access to the same models as OpenAI but choose to use smaller models to achieve higher margins / manage costs when people are using it all day long.

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 121 points 3 days ago (3 children)

A salesman for an AI consulting company made the comment that we don't expect perfection from humans, so why should we expect it from AI? He was smug about it, too, like it was his big gotcha. Joke's on him, I'm the one that talked the bosses out of spending money with them.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 62 points 3 days ago

“Is your AI accountable for mistakes? All these idiots are…”

[–] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's such a bad argument too. The whole point of technology is to help perfect the output of humans. Why would we buy technology that is known to not do that

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"You can get pretty good results most of the time and save money on labor!" Not like our whole business model is focused on expertise and compliance or anything. Surely our clients won't mind a few little mistakes here and there, as a treat.

[–] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

The neat part is that we can't even claim that they're little mistakes or that there's few of them.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (5 children)

we don't expect perfection from humans, so why should we expect it from AI?

If we can't expect better from an AI than from a human, why should we use the AI (other than so you don't have to pay workers)?

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[–] falynns@lemmy.world 67 points 3 days ago

Ah, the famous "Fox News" defense of claiming you're an entertainment medium but you should totally trust it.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 68 points 3 days ago

If it works, it's thanks to us. If it doesn't, it's your fault.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For entertainment in Excel...

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[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Theo whole OS is garbage. Used to be at least functional, now it’s an ad infested AI slop fest.

[–] PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Someone finally listend to their lawyers

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 43 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard

Reminds me of these Autopiloting cars LOL

They, do it all by themselves, fully and autonomously and are pushed so hard as well, but you may not rely on them, never take them for serious.

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[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

That was my first thought, they're using the Fox News legal defense

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[–] bpinyon@lemmy.zip 30 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Then why are they promoting it, in a pizza ad, as letting CoPilot handle the spreadsheets. Do they not trust their own product!?

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

its same mentality as drug supplier avoiding to get high on his own suppily.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago

They want your money, not your lawsuits.

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[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Ah yes copilot in the app everybody thinks of for entertainment…notepad.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 days ago

Are you not entertained?!

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Yes, that's why it's in Office

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 days ago

If joke, why required shaped?

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Proposed revision: Do not use Copilot for business purposes.

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[–] BouteilleBrune@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where I live, high ranking bank employees are required to use it for serious use and important advice.

Twist the reality all you want, copilot manages my whole life.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

How does it feel to put you life into the hands of a dysfunctional black box?

[–] lath@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Trillion dollar investments, dishing out private nuclear power plants, redistributing water allocation nationwide, using it in every level of every structure of society and it's just for entertainment.

Anyone tell the politicians they bent over like hand worn muppets for a gag or do you think they already know and simply enjoy being treated for the fools that they are?

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[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I can see where an AI that fucks everything up all the time might be entertaining like a good slapstick comedy, but nah, Resident Evil Requiem is sufficient entertainment for now.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Meanwhile, watching the NCAA game yesterday I watched multiple commercials from Microsoft stating copilot as something to use in your daily work place and work flow. And I didn't see any disclaimer that AI was for entertaining purposes only and that they weren't liable for killing your business.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Oh lord, I might get fired for doing this, but I smell a company-wide email about Copilot Monday morning.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

they probably had Copilot write the new TOS that included this line and since nobody who uses AI reads the final output, nobody caught it.

they never expected consumers to actually read the TOS.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 8 points 3 days ago

Copilot: the Fox News of AI

[–] fogetaboutit@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

fuck you mean, youre pushing ai as if its usable on every corner of the OS, and NOW you announced it to be unreliable?

[–] InfiniteHench@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Surprise twist: I don’t and won’t rely on it for jack shit

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