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Copilot, Clippy's far more sinister cousin.

> Copilot, Clippy's far more sinister cousin.

"Looks like you're trying to be productive, with our Office productivity suite. Would like some glue ?"

“Yes I would, copilot >.>”

-“I’m afraid I can’t continue this conversation”

How did they know? Snarky computers with attitude are exactly what I was waiting for

I, for one, liked clippy (in his wizard form), as did the rest of kids in the computer lab, if anything the best feature of clippy was that it kept kids focused on the computer (but I guess not on their work)

> I, for one, liked clippy (in his wizard form), as did the rest of kids in the computer lab

I remember laughing my ass of with all of its silly animations. This thing was great for adolescents.

Controversial take, but... Clippy was adorable. It made office that much warmer, and totally didn't get in the way.

Unlike that AI crap in google suite, which I still have not figured out how to disable, and constantly gets in the way. Awful.

> Unlike that AI crap in google suite

It is such a mystery. It _should_ be great, it should be helpful, but it's not. Whenever you ask it something useful, it responds that it can't help you with that.

When Microsoft retired Clippy