BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 months agoMicrosoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your namewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your namewww.theregister.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 months agoMaking bloody Clippy the Copilot avatar would be less of a blunder - the uncanny valley is real, and it causes instinctual repulse.
minus-squareNotSteve_@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoTo Microsoft’s credit(?), they do offer clippy as an option according to the video in the OP article
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoEven then. I bet the first thing you see is those portraits in a weird mix of corporate “art” and realistic style.
Making bloody Clippy the Copilot avatar would be less of a blunder - the uncanny valley is real, and it causes instinctual repulse.
To Microsoft’s credit(?), they do offer clippy as an option according to the video in the OP article
Even then. I bet the first thing you see is those portraits in a weird mix of corporate “art” and realistic style.