alt.hn

6/2/2026 at 6:49:28 PM

Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to Its New AI Assistant

 https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/

by cdrnsf

6/2/2026 at 10:07:43 PM

They botched the phone, thry botched AI, just overall so obsessed with themselves, they tend to forget the customers

by warumdarum

6/3/2026 at 6:54:47 AM

After some time in the industry, once you reach a certain amount of zeros in your revenue, the org mindset almost always changes from something of a survival state into messiah-mode where everything it does and produces must-be and will-be accepted as the next best thing since sliced bread, at no matter the cost.

It's a human trait, Microsoft is not immune.

by x______________

6/3/2026 at 6:26:07 AM

An ad free, minimal notification, calm design and thus _Pro_ like in (former times) _pro_fessional signature edition OS would be too simple.

Instead we get a marketing platform. Because "growth"... whatever that means until (and after) the next bubble pops. Plus: that euphemistic /bubble/ is more like a puss and cancer ridden zombie needing constant life support. Keep the numbers high, yeah! Cheer the numbers!

by GuestFAUniverse

6/3/2026 at 6:38:30 AM

Certainly has a cooperate socialist product feel too it..

by warumdarum

6/2/2026 at 10:13:04 PM

Remember when they tried banning the term "Microslop". Thats the type of delusion youre dealing with.

by nullable_bool

6/3/2026 at 5:26:39 AM

The operating system of the company is still : "win & bulldooze" while not honestly developing USPs that would bind customers to them

by warumdarum

6/2/2026 at 9:04:27 PM

Simple, add an Anime Girl that pretends to like you.

by analogpixel

6/2/2026 at 7:05:08 PM

"We forced all the employees into AI, and now apparently, our internal AI usage is high; this means this project will get high usage from general consumers."

When your dogfood is really an opiate, you might have a problem.

by cyanydeez

6/2/2026 at 7:23:23 PM

It‘s not an opiate, it‘s salvia divinorum or rather something even more awful like diphenhydramin.

Psychonaut wiki:

Notably, it is frequently reported to produce significant nausea and bodily discomfort ("body load"). Most people who try diphenhydramine do not report positive effects and do not wish to repeat the experience.

It is generally considered to have low abuse potential due to its dysphoric effects.

by Traubenfuchs

6/2/2026 at 7:49:59 PM

Don't all businesses with AI want people addicted to it?

by CrzyLngPwd