The only reasons I can think for OpenAI and Meta to make their always-on agents cute little cartoons are all nefarious in nature.
Really, none? Was Microsoft nefarious when they deployed Clippy? I feel like there is an incredibly obvious reason that is not nefarious at all: the average consumer likes cute things
> Was Microsoft nefarious when they deployed Clippy?Yes. It was predictive programming for getting (paper)clipped by AI.
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Yes. It was predictive programming for getting (paper)clipped by AI.