Windows Is Adding AI Agents That Can Change Your Settings
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"We set out to solve one of the most common frustrations we hear — finding and changing settings on your PC — using the power of AI agents," Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows Experiences at Microsoft, said in a blog post on Tuesday. "An agent uses on-device AI to understand your intent and with your permission, automate and execute tasks."
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 04:49 zuletzt editiert vonAh Christ. We’ve collectively regressed so much in computer knowledge that people can’t even find a settings menu? Even I have trouble believing that one.
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Ah Christ. We’ve collectively regressed so much in computer knowledge that people can’t even find a settings menu? Even I have trouble believing that one.
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 05:18 zuletzt editiert vonThe last time finding settings in Windows was straight forward was Windows 95. Since the stupid dumbed down 'settings' app was vomited upon us, it has been nearly impossible to find the thing you know is there but has now been renamed and moved, and isn't even indexed in the settings app search bar.
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"We set out to solve one of the most common frustrations we hear — finding and changing settings on your PC — using the power of AI agents," Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows Experiences at Microsoft, said in a blog post on Tuesday. "An agent uses on-device AI to understand your intent and with your permission, automate and execute tasks."
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 06:00 zuletzt editiert von"Hey Copilot. Delete yourself, Recall and all other bloatware from my system. Thank you."
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The last time finding settings in Windows was straight forward was Windows 95. Since the stupid dumbed down 'settings' app was vomited upon us, it has been nearly impossible to find the thing you know is there but has now been renamed and moved, and isn't even indexed in the settings app search bar.
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 06:01 zuletzt editiert vonThe registry never has and never will be simple nor usable. Windows is rotten to the core.
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"We set out to solve one of the most common frustrations we hear — finding and changing settings on your PC — using the power of AI agents," Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows Experiences at Microsoft, said in a blog post on Tuesday. "An agent uses on-device AI to understand your intent and with your permission, automate and execute tasks."
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 06:47 zuletzt editiert vonHoly shit.
Your ux SUCKS SO MUCH, that instead of making it not shitty.....
You developed AI for it?
Are you fucking kidding me
How inept are these developers
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What is “half baked dog shit” about it?
The fact that they're moving things over slowly instead of just fucking finishing it before they deploy it all at once. They've been doing this since Windows 10 came out, they have a trillion dollars. There's no excuse to have it be half assed for so long especially considering "Settings" isn't even an improvement.
What was easier to find in the control panel than it is in settings?
Literally everything? You don't have to click through 14 different menus to drill down to what you're looking for. It's all on one window in Control Panel. Just look at Devices and Printers in Control Panel vs. Devices in settings or Programs and Features vs. Apps and features the newer versions have far less information available at a glance.
You’ve never actually used windows 11, have you?
I use it every day on my work PC. It runs like ass.
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 07:13 zuletzt editiert von thegrandnagus@lemmy.world 5. Aug. 2025, 13:08Correction: they've been doing it since Windows 8 came out.
Windows 8 came out 13 years ago.
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"Hey Copilot. Delete yourself, Recall and all other bloatware from my system. Thank you."
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 07:51 zuletzt editiert vonCopilot: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"
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Holy shit.
Your ux SUCKS SO MUCH, that instead of making it not shitty.....
You developed AI for it?
Are you fucking kidding me
How inept are these developers
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 10:00 zuletzt editiert vonThey broke alt tab.
That's how fucking inept they are
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The registry never has and never will be simple nor usable. Windows is rotten to the core.
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 11:13 zuletzt editiert vonHave you tried to configure gnome beyond what is offered in its GUI ?
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Have you tried to configure gnome beyond what is offered in its GUI ?
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 11:59 zuletzt editiert vonNo, I'm a happy i3wm user.
Because I've tried to get GNOME to do what I wanted. (Also it was too slow on the machines I was using at the time).
And that's besides the point: on linux you can just use a good DE without messing with much -- KDE, cinnamon, etc...
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Copilot: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 12:19 zuletzt editiert vonWhile the precise words were different, I otherwise had this exact exchange with Gemini.
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Copilot: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"
schrieb am 8. Mai 2025, 12:31 zuletzt editiert von"Hey Dave, I installed CandyCrush and the LinkedIn App for windows during the latest update!"
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"We set out to solve one of the most common frustrations we hear — finding and changing settings on your PC — using the power of AI agents," Navjot Virk, corporate vice president of Windows Experiences at Microsoft, said in a blog post on Tuesday. "An agent uses on-device AI to understand your intent and with your permission, automate and execute tasks."
schrieb am 9. Mai 2025, 04:13 zuletzt editiert vonChanging settings is only frustating because the modern Settings apps sucks ass lol. You can bet everyone was less frustrated with Control Panel.
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They broke alt tab.
That's how fucking inept they are
schrieb am 9. Mai 2025, 15:41 zuletzt editiert vonIn what way?
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In what way?
schrieb am 9. Mai 2025, 23:05 zuletzt editiert vonMultiple ways
- there was an update that meant alt-tab brought you a black screen
- there was another one that meant it didn't tab between the two most recent windows, but brought up a selection. They tried to tout this as a feature you had to turn off
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Multiple ways
- there was an update that meant alt-tab brought you a black screen
- there was another one that meant it didn't tab between the two most recent windows, but brought up a selection. They tried to tout this as a feature you had to turn off
schrieb am 10. Mai 2025, 05:27 zuletzt editiert vonSo one is a bug, and another is a feature I actually use everyday. Did you mean the selection prevents you from quickly changing between recent windows? I don't remember it actually slowing down my switching at all.
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So one is a bug, and another is a feature I actually use everyday. Did you mean the selection prevents you from quickly changing between recent windows? I don't remember it actually slowing down my switching at all.
schrieb am 11. Mai 2025, 00:00 zuletzt editiert von taleya@aussie.zoneEdit: no, wtf am i doing
The thread was about inept the coders were.
Here is your answer: They were so fucking inept they broke a fundamental function and it made it to production . Then they did it deliberately.
That's how inept they are.
End of.
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