alt Hacker NewsLiterally everyone hated Clippy. It was an absolute mockery of a useful assistant or feature, and at the time everyone detested Microsoft. I think this post is satire.
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Tempest1981 • yesterday at 8:58 PM
I think we have our hacker/power-user blinders on. It was cool to hate Clippy.
But many non-tech-savvy users felt differently, and were accepting of the attempt to provide help.
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rijoja • yesterday at 8:31 PM
yes obviously it's clippy because everyone hated clippy that is the point
the idea is that when your CEO goes on slack or teams or whatever and see 100 clippies they'll be "oh wow, nobody likes how we earn our dollar."
or the very least people who are concerned about surveillance will know who is on their team!
so just do it
I'm serious
Clippy really ... wasn't bad? It mostly stayed out of your way, occasionally showed a button to perform a useful task, and could interact with the help system without having to click through 3 menus.
It wasn't a panacea but it was at least positive-value, unlike most current AI.