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"We set out to solve one of the most common frustrations we hear — finding and changing settings on your PC — using the power of AI agents," Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows Experiences at Microsoft, said in a blog post on Tuesday. "An agent uses on-device AI to understand your intent and with your permission, automate and execute tasks."

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

google has a spying app(you will have to delete occasionally) on any android phones if your using google in any manner.

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (3 children)

How to make game go on Lunix

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Can’t wait to see all the exciting ways this fucks up people’s computers.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

linux should add an ai agent that does nothing except return ascii cats

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[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It’s unlikely but I’m hoping my company switches to Linux based operating systems.

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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Quick! I need a guide on how to disable this.

[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Looks like this isn't ripe for abuse in any way.... ~~sarcasm~~

You just know MS is going to find a way to abuse this 'feature' to change people's settings behind their backs in any way they see fit.

This reeks of the type of malware that used to take complete control of your PC and change settings maliciously, and even delete important files or straight-up nuke your OS install in the worst-case scenario, but made 'legitimate' somehow. Yes, MS is really stooping that low to make one of the worst types of malware an actual OS feature.

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[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Surely there would be no way scammers or hackers would take advantage of this with some crafty prompts that somehow get feed into the agent...

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Oh no you don't

[deletes wuaueng.dll because windows update has turned itself back on like 5 times]

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

Glad to be using Linux on all my computers

[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Or just make settings that aren't total dumb bullshit for which you need Ai to find anything.

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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (5 children)

This is the TYPICAL AI use case :

  • have situation that's not perfect, but works fine and is understandable (old control panel and some hidden settings)
  • improve on the old control panel, create subsections that makes sense, make it searchable, everyone is happy
  • someone decides that "control panel" and "old looking UI" have to go, create a cluster-a-doodle-fuck of a garbage mess labeled "Settings", put only half the old settings in there, and half the time conflicts with other well-established ways to do things
  • keep pushing the new thing despite it being so horrendous a kitten litter dies every time it is used
  • pretend "there is a problem with settings, but we can solve it with AI"
  • ???
  • nothing, whatever, definitely not profit

It seems that people keep forgetting we just, did stuff. Changing most system settings wasn't an incomprehensible chore reserved to the most elite of people. And changing the fringe ultra rare and hard to find setting only happened with half-decent competent people. No need to throw AI at that… unless you dismantle everything that works before, of course.

I swear, it's not long ago that people were touting that we could finally have decent microtransactions in games thanks to blockchain, despite microtransactions being a very lucrative thing for decades before. And don't get me started on people saying "but it's the only way artists can get paid".

As a collective, humanity is dumb.

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 18 points 3 days ago

MS never finished porting Control Panel, now they think AI will help?

[–] AnotherPenguin@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Easy way to automatically set settings that are convenient for them and disguise it as AI being AI

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[–] flemtone@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (9 children)

We can only hope that the windows de-bloating tools are updated so we can disable or remove this feature.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 35 points 4 days ago

easy, just get a debloating AI agent, what could go wrong

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 20 points 4 days ago

I remember when MS made the perfect control panel in Win 2k and XP then spent the next 20 years making it worse and worse just because.

And here we are.

[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'll tell my AI agent to go into the registry and disable itself.

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