Craig Bamford: Even with Microsoft, they're just riding that tech hype cycle that gets the investment money to pile in, insulating them when the next downturn comes Their consumer business is a) Excel and b) ?? so yeah

Uh... y'all don't understand why it is that I watch movies, do you? 🎥

Movies may soon use AI to change the story each time you rewatchbgr.com Filmmakers are experimenting with a new type of filmmaking called generative film, which uses AI to change the film each time it's watched.

Cramming AI into things you never, ever asked it to be crammed into. And making all of them immeasurably worse.

Notepad has fallen

Microsoft is even adding AI to the Notepad app on Windows 11www.windowscentral.com A new AI cowriting feature has been spotted in recent preview builds.

"The AI feature will allow users to rewrite text, make text shorter or longer, and change tone or format" I can't believe AI just invented the Backspace key

That was totally worth sinking billions of dollars and tons of irreplaceable natural resources into

I'm just waiting for these companies to realize no one outside of their boardrooms actually wants/needs any of this stuff 🤷‍♂️ *continues waiting*

Thing is that VC wants it, and way too many of these companies are far more interested in scooping up their money than anything else They don't even expect to GET revenue from consumers, they expect to run on VC cash until they get acqui-hired by Facebook or whoever

Even with Microsoft, they're just riding that tech hype cycle that gets the investment money to pile in, insulating them when the next downturn comes Their consumer business is a) Excel and b) ?? so yeah

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