Copilot is 'for entertainment purposes only', per Microsoft's terms of use(techcrunch.com)
152 pointsby airstrike9 hours ago18 comments
  • gpvos2 hours ago
    Earlier:

    - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587866 (6 days ago, 208 comments)

    - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47650569 (15 hours ago, 8 comments)

  • rubiquity6 hours ago
    All Microsoft services are for entertainment purposes only, as in you’d have to be absolutely crazy enough to use before a Microsoft sales rep has taken your execs to a steakhouse and strip club.
    • zahlman4 hours ago
      > All Microsoft services are for entertainment purposes only

      Which is why they're all getting named Copilot now.

    • kuerbel3 hours ago
      Trying to get free/busy working with an exchange hybrid setup is not my kind of entertainment but I don't judge
  • gnabgib6 hours ago
    Discussion (587 points, 6 days ago, 205 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587866
  • lateforwork6 hours ago
    Go to https://copilot.com and ask a question. You can see from the answer that it is clearly for entertainment only. Three years ago Microsoft was considered a leader for having the foresight to invest in OpenAI. Today they are a laggard.
    • myhf6 hours ago
      On the contrary, the first companies to acknowledge the new AI Winter will have a big competitive advantage over those still dumping money into the bottomless pit.
      • eru6 hours ago
        My local ice cream shop has never invested anything in AI. Do you think they'll come out of this ahead?
        • dwattttt6 hours ago
          I've seen the "success" a non-software company has been having, trying to integrate AI into their processes. A hypothetical competitor who chose not to do so would absolutely be coming out ahead right now.

          I can't say whether this trend would continue, but the answer to your question today is "yes".

        • solid_fuel3 hours ago
          Genuinely curious, what could an LLM even do for an ice cream shop? Checkout already takes less time than scooping a cone, and it's even quicker with cash. Maybe it could surveil the customers and employees? But I think that will lose you more customers than it gains.

          Generally I would expect the ROI to be negative, like we've seen with most corporate AI projects, so yeah any ice cream shop that didn't invest in "AI" is going to come out ahead of one that poured money into the pit.

        • SoftTalker6 hours ago
          My local ice cream shop doesn't even have a computer in the building. Well, unless you count the credit card terminal.
        • debo_6 hours ago
          Ice cream tends not to sell well in winter.
          • jen205 hours ago
            New York City seems to be a counterexample - gelato and ice cream stores everywhere that seem to do decent trade year-round...
          • eru6 hours ago
            Alas, no winter in my locality ever.
        • Brian_K_White5 hours ago
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      • trvz5 hours ago
        Ok, so that’s good for Apple.

        Microsoft is invested heavily in OpenAI?

      • holoduke2 hours ago
        People still believing in AI being a temporary thing are the same ones refusing to get a mobile phone in the late 90s. Stating it wasn't needed and just a nice to have.
  • rvnx4 hours ago
    Entertainment purposes but we can't have a virtual waifu. They are missing the main market there.

    https://www.uniladtech.com/news/elon-musk-hints-at-controver...

    > (Ultimately) "One big step closer to anime girls becoming real," Musk replied: "Optimus will enable them to become physically real."

    • fwipsy3 hours ago
      Congrats, you just found the answer to the Fermi Paradox!
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    • Iulioh3 hours ago
      I can see the right branding: CopePilot
  • MikeNotThePope3 hours ago
    Why is there an AI chat window on my GitHub homepage? I just wanted a list of my repos!
  • geocar2 hours ago
    I can understand people being entertained by typing rm -rf /

    The idea that Copilot can do the same, and I can't sue Microsoft for it seems to me a similar kind of entertainment.

    Unfortunately, my company isn't allowed to purchase entertainment for its employees because we've received advice it is considered payment-in-kind

  • jeanlucas6 hours ago
    which copilot?
  • mullingitover3 hours ago
    I get the sense that this is the LLM version of the all caps boilerplate disclaimer in every software warranty.
    • otherme1233 hours ago
      I think every sequencing technology I know that is used as a diagnosing help has the disclaimer: "For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures". The sales reps go from hospital to hospital selling their sequencers, and point the disclaimer with a smirk. They are covering their asses.
  • jimgill5 hours ago
    True .... sometimes it gives funny answers
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  • oyebenny3 hours ago
    Perhaps for most it is. lol
  • Alexzoofficial3 hours ago
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    • delusional2 hours ago
      > You can't really call something a "Copilot" (implying it's helping you fly the plane) while simultaneously saying it's just for entertainment.

      It's just very hard to get someone to purchase "Microsoft Clown" in their enterprise subscription.

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