Microsoft Copilot has an avatar now! It’s a viscous pearly blob of liquid. That wobbles. And has facial expressions. I had to euphemise furiously on the YouTube version of this post — but for the b…
  • BlueMonday1984English
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    1 year ago

    Baldur Bjarnason has given his thoughts:

    I mean… yeah.

    Also, between this and seeing tech types link glowingly to a crazypants “colonise the light cone by exploring latent space” type of delusional bullshit and I’m staring to worry that computers, as a concept, might not be salvageable after these clowns have run the show into the ground

      • BlueMonday1984English
        5·
        1 year ago

        Whilst we’re at it, bring back Tamagotchi - they don’t ruin the planet, and also they’re cute

      • froztbyteEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        references these two topics. I suspect the phrase itself in this case is a shitpost taking aim at some of the absurd bullshit TESCREALists come up with in their nonsensegabble, but … it is also the kind of nonsensegabble that some of them may unironically post

        • froztbyteEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          (related tangent: @cstross’ Singularity series is a pretty fun topical dive about this, and he’s been following these nutjobs for probably close to 3 decades now)