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missing out is a feature. Microsoft will infest its OS with AI driven ads faster than you think

We're gonna be like those people from Rainbows End who are still rocking laptops in an era where everybody is semi-permanently interfaced to the net through wearable gear.

Thats basically how I see it already between those that only know abstracted tech and those who have peeked behind the curtain and know how the magic box actually works.

They didn't really need AI to accomplish that

I'm not sure it is. I'm looking forward to several of those features (including recall) because they will undoubtedly improve over time, for all their flaws.

LLMs and "AI" features have made my life significantly easier over the last two years.

I can't remember the last time a new OS feature legitimately improved my workflow. Maybe Expose on Mac. Marginally.

I don't expect anything like Recall to make me more effective.

Stuff I feel that has made me more effective in 20y includes: Jetbrains products, GSuite (collab editing), GitHub and Git, insanely faster computers. But, none of these are really OS features.

>I don't expect anything like Recall to make me more effective.

I expect stuff like Recall to help me y'know...Recall.

There have been countless times where I was like "Oh I remember there was a book I was searching but not what the name is."

and I didn't know what the name was, when I was looking for it, or the terms that I used for it. THIS is when I expect it to be useful.

> because they will undoubtedly improve over time, for all their flaws.

You and I must have been using different software for the last 20 years

Maybe. I use my computers and software as tools that make me/my task better.

taking snapshots of your whole PC activity is a major recipe for disaster.

As I said in another comment in this thread:

There have been countless times where I was like "Oh I remember there was a book I was searching but not what the name is."

and I didn't know what the name was, when I was looking for it, or the terms that I used for it. THIS is when I expect it to be useful.

I'm fine with taking snapshots of my whole PC activity, as long as data is stored locally. I take plenty of screenshots myself. People act like they have never used a computer for productivity.

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Again, if someone has physical access to my PC, I have better things to worry about.

yes, it will improve, but not for your benefit

same as all of Microsoft's releases post Windows 7

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