i still can't get over microsoft saying copilot is for entertainment purposes only

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

i still can't get over microsoft saying copilot is for entertainment purposes only

it's just so funny

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

"this stupid thing we put in all of our productivity and coding software suites is actually only for funsies" - microsoft

[Gast]

@eniko it's the future of work

it's here to stay, adopt it or you will be left behind

it's in the search engine, it's in the code editor, it's in excel, it's in notepad

it will only get better

also, unrelated, it's just for lolz

[Gast]

@eniko "we put this fun little toy in there, we don't know why all of a sudden bosses all over the world are requiring their programmers to use it for actual code production"

[Gast]

@eniko

are_you_not_entertained.jpg

[Gast]

@eniko "We're forcing our employees to use it for our operating system code, but really, it's just a silly lil' guy."

[Gast]

@Tijn @eniko the business strategy is that the old xkcd of "the currency of the future will be reaction images" will come true

[Gast]

@eniko at least it's entertaining 🤪

[Gast]

@eniko wait... isn't "for entertainment purposes only" og language from the microsoft flight simulator eula? did somebody in legal make the funnest possible category mistake?

[Gast]

@eniko The license agreement is itself entertaining.

[Gast]

@eniko
"Our toy operating system that always crashes and wastes your time and drives you insane now includes something new that also doesn't work as expected." -- Microsoft

How is that even news?

[Gast]

@eniko clownslop

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@rakslice no idea

[Gast]

@rakslice @eniko I don't think they merely copy-pasted the Flight Simulator EULA, the Copilot Terms of Use don't really read like that. It all seems very deliberate.

I think the Microsoft legal team looked at how many times Copilot returns false results and went "whoa whoa whoa, we better cover our asses"

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/for-individuals/termsofuse

[Gast]

@eniko I've been saying for years that AI should come with "entertainment purposes only" label, so imagine my reaction to the news

[Gast]

They did achieve some entertainment with that line in the EULA for sure.

[Gast]

@eniko which is a weird thing to say given that businesses have to pay for that with their Office subsciption.

But then again, even MS Windows Pro used to include solitaire.exe, giving hours of entertainment to bored office workers

[Gast]

@eniko I have to interact with it at work, and it's not even *good* entertainment.

[Gast]

@eniko 's that mean it IS fit for purpose? Aaaa

[Gast]

@eniko I used to watch videos or read articles on my lunch break but now I just get Microslop Copilot to tell me funny jokes