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Windows Is Adding AI Agents That Can Change Your Settings (www.cnet.com)
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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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[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

maybe, just maybe if we didn't move the same settings 1-2 layers deeper behind some UI bullshit we wouldn't have to look for it.

This trend pisses me off so much. Companies need to learn that for settings I'm likely to have to change they need to minimize the number of actions to change it. But people in all these companies find the need to reorganize things to make it seem like they are accomplishing something.

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

But people in all these companies find the need to reorganize things to make it seem like they are accomplishing something.

Gotta put something on that LinkedIn profile. 🙄

Honestly it really feels like a race to the bottom with windows recently. It's like taking a decent product and then just fucking with it to say you did. Nothing is gained and somehow, almost illogically, the action results in even more system resources burning up.