Someone finally listend to their lawyers
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2026
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Theo whole OS is garbage. Used to be at least functional, now it’s an ad infested AI slop fest.
they probably had Copilot write the new TOS that included this line and since nobody who uses AI reads the final output, nobody caught it.
they never expected consumers to actually read the TOS.
Ah, the famous "Fox News" defense of claiming you're an entertainment medium but you should totally trust it.
Deploy everywhere, trust nowhere. Bold strategy.
Standard fart operating procedure
A salesman for an AI consulting company made the comment that we don't expect perfection from humans, so why should we expect it from AI? He was smug about it, too, like it was his big gotcha. Joke's on him, I'm the one that talked the bosses out of spending money with them.
“Is your AI accountable for mistakes? All these idiots are…”
That's such a bad argument too. The whole point of technology is to help perfect the output of humans. Why would we buy technology that is known to not do that
"You can get pretty good results most of the time and save money on labor!" Not like our whole business model is focused on expertise and compliance or anything. Surely our clients won't mind a few little mistakes here and there, as a treat.
The neat part is that we can't even claim that they're little mistakes or that there's few of them.
we don't expect perfection from humans, so why should we expect it from AI?
If we can't expect better from an AI than from a human, why should we use the AI (other than so you don't have to pay workers)?
I think there's an important semantic difference between worse performance and correctness. Tools, like AI, can underperform when compared to humans and still be very useful and worth investing into, but that's only as long as they perform correctly.
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If it works, it's thanks to us. If it doesn't, it's your fault.
Where I live, high ranking bank employees are required to use it for serious use and important advice.
Twist the reality all you want, copilot manages my whole life.
For entertainment in Excel...
There are some real sickos out there man
Meanwhile, watching the NCAA game yesterday I watched multiple commercials from Microsoft stating copilot as something to use in your daily work place and work flow. And I didn't see any disclaimer that AI was for entertaining purposes only and that they weren't liable for killing your business.
Copilot: the Fox News of AI
I can see where an AI that fucks everything up all the time might be entertaining like a good slapstick comedy, but nah, Resident Evil Requiem is sufficient entertainment for now.
Topic aside: I want to play resident evil requiem. do i have to play previous games as well? I haven’t played any.
Nope, my wife and I watched a stream and I'm only vaguely aware of the plots of the other games. It didn't take away from anything, and my wife clueing me in on the references really didn't add much of value to the experience.
Naw, they’re tenuously connected aside from some specific moments and characters across the franchise.
Story wise it’s all pulp horror/scifi. If you want to play the highlights, the remakes of part 2 and 4 from the 2010’s are fantastic games and each stand on their own. 7 & 8 are a more modern style and really good straight horror experiences but not necessary to enjoy Requiem. The other entires can be rough as they were created with various elements of game design and language we’ve moved past and improved on since.
Resident Evil Characters wiki page can be a fun read for a little more context but not an absolute need.
Alternately if you want to get caught up without a 100 hour investment in play time, Noah Caldwell-Gervais does great long form essays on video game series’ and his resident evil one will get you up to speed for requiem in significantly less time.
I started playing them on original PlayStation release and have enjoyed them all for different reasons. The story is a hodgepodge of 30 years of writers and artists building a world that is both overly complex and charmingly simple. Each release can be seen as a reflection of the world it was created in and the horror and espionage tropes of the time. At the end of the day though, it is a very silly series that understands the ridiculousness of its characters and world and strikes a great balance between that and being genuinely scary.
fuck you mean, youre pushing ai as if its usable on every corner of the OS, and NOW you announced it to be unreliable?
Ah yes copilot in the app everybody thinks of for entertainment…notepad.
for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard
Reminds me of these Autopiloting cars LOL
They, do it all by themselves, fully and autonomously and are pushed so hard as well, but you may not rely on them, never take them for serious.
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Then why are they promoting it, in a pizza ad, as letting CoPilot handle the spreadsheets. Do they not trust their own product!?
They want your money, not your lawsuits.
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Just like Fox news
That was my first thought, they're using the Fox News legal defense
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then y the fuck is it prominently showing on the front page of office.com?!
Oh lord, I might get fired for doing this, but I smell a company-wide email about Copilot Monday morning.
Yes, that's why it's in Office
So it's not called Microsoft 365 copilot anymore then? Since that is fully focused for business and not for entertainment. Make up your fking mind Microsoft
Entertainment 365.
Sounds like a sex bot that can also juggle.
Surprise twist: I don’t and won’t rely on it for jack shit
First entertainment purposes only is corporate language for gives the wrong answers and don't want to lose the lawsuit if we tell people to trust it. Just like Fox News.
Are you not entertained?!
If joke, why required shaped?
Trillion dollar investments, dishing out private nuclear power plants, redistributing water allocation nationwide, using it in every level of every structure of society and it's just for entertainment.
Anyone tell the politicians they bent over like hand worn muppets for a gag or do you think they already know and simply enjoy being treated for the fools that they are?
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No worried, I don't have that junk on my Linux system anyways.
that must mean outlook is for entertainment purposes only too, since it includes copilot now...
That's complete and utter bullshit. Either stand behind your product or don't ship it universally. Pick a lane. Either it's worth using it or isn't, so which is it?
This wishy washy bullshit paints a picture of an embarrassingly inept organization, is that really what you're trying to project Microsoft?
The name MSN Copilot makes sense.
Then how come my company just roll this shit out for work? Allstate just walk us through how us co pilot to type our emails. And to use it for note taking.
Because in the end, you, the person that is forced to use various AI chatbot/agent/model/whatever, will be held responsible for anything that happens after one of the 3000 decisions they imposed you to make with no way to check everything turns out to cause the slightest problem. When that happens, YOU were supposed to know that NOTHING the AI tells/says/do is to be expected correct, so it's your responsibility if something's gone wrong.
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Hmm, this thing is on my work laptop…
So it's Microslop's Rule 34?
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