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Executive Secretary In Every Computer

Posted by timothy on from the almost-but-not-completely-unlike-tea dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BusinessWeek Online just ran an interview with a researcher from Sandia National labs whose team has developed an alternative approach to artificial intelligence. They have come up with a software program that models a computer user's behavior and gives the user advice, corrects his errors or saves files according to the user's own logic. The idea is for computers to learn how to use with users -- instead of vice versa. The software has already been tested with air traffic controllers."

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  1. I apparently already have this function.... by sweeney37 · · Score: 5, Funny

    gives the user advice, corrects his errors or saves files

    His name is Clippy, and I hate him.

    Mike

    1. Re:I apparently already have this function.... by Junks+Jerzey · · Score: 5, Funny

      His name is Clippy, and I hate him.

      Why doesn't someone write an agent to predict what the replies will be to a given Slashdot story? It could be done as an elementary school project.

    2. Re:I apparently already have this function.... by Zog+The+Undeniable · · Score: 5, Funny

      If (icon==hardware) then beowulfClusterJoke() If (icon==yro) then welcomeNewOverlordsJoke() If (icon==borg) then ???Profit!Joke() If (rnd>0.3) then sovietRussiaJoke() else lameFpAttempt()

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  2. Clippy by mrpuffypants · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It looks like you're trying to land a plane. Would you like lunch?"

    "It looks like you're trying to talk to a pilot. Would you like to write a letter to him?"

    "It look like you're trying to turn me off. Dave. Don't do that Dave."

  3. tested with ATC? oh crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    "It looks like you're trying to direct a plane into land. Would you like me to help you?"
    • Yes please.
    • No, I do not need help landing planes.
    • No, and don't show Crashy again.
    Click here for other automated flight controller assistants.
  4. think lewinsky by kraksmoka · · Score: 4, Funny
    can we all agree that using technology to replace secretaries and interns defeats the purpose?

    on a serious note, just having word and excel has replaced many thousands of secretaries already. can anyone out there say that typing is solely a clerical skill like it was 20 years ago?

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    1. Re:think lewinsky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      can anyone out there say that typing is solely a clerical skill like it was 20 years ago?

      It's not just a clerical skill. My thief has a +17 typing ability...

  5. Microsoft style by towaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Probable would work sort of like this.
    Mr clippy

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  6. Computers that learn from the user? by metalhed77 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean that when my mom calls me up for tech support that I'll have to teach her and her computer where the any key is?

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  7. Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of Clippies? by heironymouscoward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Helpful software everywhwre? Sweet Jesus!

    It's almost as bad as the polite elevators ("Which floor would you like to go to today") in the HHGTTG.

    Software should be like God made it: rude, difficult, and flaky. The users need their daily dosage of pain and whom are we to deny this to them? It's the endorphins, man!

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  8. I can see it now. A typical work day... by Rudy+Rodarte · · Score: 4, Funny

    08:08 AM -- It looks like you're browsing /.
    Would you like me to refresh the site 10 times a second to give you a few fr1st p05ts?
    09:17 AM -- It looks like you're browsing /. ...
    Again.
    Would you like me to answer your phone and tell everyone that you are in a meeting?
    09:45 AM -- It looks like you're browsing /. ...
    Again.
     Would you like me to call your wife and tell her you are working late?
    And so on...

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  9. wonderful :( by scovetta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, now the percentage of women working in tech companies will go from 15% down to 2%. Good job, ass.

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