acutesoftware 2 days ago

I think it was the modal dialog box that forced you to stop what you were doing and click 'piss off clippy', rather than being able to ignore it.

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trinix912 2 days ago

Additionally, there was an option that was on by default to use Clippy in place of confirmation dialogs. You'd try to close an unsaved file and instead of the usual Windows dialog you'd get Clippy asking whether you'd like to save changes instead.

hosh 2 days ago

So going by https://rodneybrooks.com/rodney-brooks-three-laws-of-robotic...

That would be violating the second design principle:

"When robots and people coexist in the same spaces, the robots must not take away from people’s agency, particularly when the robots are failing, as inevitably they will at times."

With a physical robot, if it fails and freezes, it turns into a hazard.

With Clippy, it intrusively stops humans from being able to do what they are doing.