I'm really looking forward to the Trough-of-Dissillutionment phase of LLM's hype cycle. This insistence of shoehorning it into everything is getting beyond stupid.
This remind me of when they were shoehorning voice assistants into everything. “Alexa can play music through my smoke alarm? Alexa can start my microwave for me instead of pushing two buttons? Why not”
What do you expect exactly? I'm sure every big tech has had AI in their products for a while now: Who do you think filters the spam in your Gmail, if not their AI Bots? Or the music suggestions in your Spotify?
Why do you think Microsoft would be a hellhole for doing the same? Especially considering all the productivity use cases they've shown for the Office suite.
I swear HN needs to hate everything Microsoft is doing just because.
I think there are two ways to go about implementing AI.
The low-key implementations that assist are the most elegant ways to implement AI functionality. If I can use a product and not realize AI is behind it, the product has successfully utilized it. Spam filters fall into this case. Automatic “radio” stations from streaming services fall into this too.
The worst forms of AI implementation are the kind that spend more screen real estate advertising AI as if the product has something to prove. This hinders my experience as a user because I do not care about AI if it isn’t seamlessly fitting in my workflow.
I’m not sure what’s happening at Microsoft, but their insistence on AI in very unusual places doesn’t give me confidence they want to embrace AI in a manner that’s helpful. It feels like someone’s resume boosting exercise. It gives me the feeling they are desperate.
It's true I'll hate on micrsoft for about anything but they didn't say "some products" "some services" "some processes", they said "EVERY SINGLE THING!!!", see the difference?
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Rinzler89|1 year ago
Why do you think Microsoft would be a hellhole for doing the same? Especially considering all the productivity use cases they've shown for the Office suite.
I swear HN needs to hate everything Microsoft is doing just because.
redserk|1 year ago
The low-key implementations that assist are the most elegant ways to implement AI functionality. If I can use a product and not realize AI is behind it, the product has successfully utilized it. Spam filters fall into this case. Automatic “radio” stations from streaming services fall into this too.
The worst forms of AI implementation are the kind that spend more screen real estate advertising AI as if the product has something to prove. This hinders my experience as a user because I do not care about AI if it isn’t seamlessly fitting in my workflow.
I’m not sure what’s happening at Microsoft, but their insistence on AI in very unusual places doesn’t give me confidence they want to embrace AI in a manner that’s helpful. It feels like someone’s resume boosting exercise. It gives me the feeling they are desperate.
ThrowawayTestr|1 year ago
I would hope it's a purpose-built ML model and not an LLM that was cajoled into doing spam filtering.
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