# Your plastic pal who's fun to be with! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [October 17, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923 "2024-10-17T15:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/1 "2024-10-17T15:20:29Z")
> ‘Comfortable, fun, familiar’: Why Microsoft is trying to turn its AI chatbot into a digital friend Ugh. Article here: > **[‘Comfortable, fun, familiar’: Why Microsoft is trying to turn its AI chatbot...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/tech/microsoft-copilot-ai-chatbot-update-friendly/index.html)** > > Artificial intelligence chatbots have been billed as productivity tools for consumers — they can help you plan a trip, for example, or give advice on writing a confrontational email to your landlord. But they often sound stilted or oddly stubborn or... ---
**Author:** ![Oswald\_Bastable](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oswald_bastable/32/214_2.png) [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/2 "2024-10-17T15:30:51Z")
They should give it an avatar like an anthropomorphic talking paper clip or something - that’d be really cool! 🕶 OB ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/3 "2024-10-17T15:58:49Z")
[![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1ad179de54dbc618797d3f3581649acb/tumblr_otuxv8lsK61w4o2dko3_540.gif) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1ad179de54dbc618797d3f3581649acb/tumblr_otuxv8lsK61w4o2dko3_540.gif) (Anyone who instantly recognizes this, I salute you.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/4 "2024-10-17T16:01:26Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > ‘Comfortable, fun, familiar’ _No_, **no** , and **NO**. ![](https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNjljMjVvenhsOHBuZ2duaDZkYTdqYWJkMXR1c3o4cDRsNGYwbzMxYiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/l2JefdZSf85tkBRio/giphy.webp) ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/5 "2024-10-17T16:17:16Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Comfortable, fun, familiar’: Why Microsoft is trying to turn its AI chatbot into a digital friend The Marketing Division of the Microsoft Corporation are a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/6 "2024-10-17T18:12:07Z")
The thread title is a bit misleading, as the plastic pal that’s fun brings up a totally different visual in my mind. [And its this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmqeZl8OI2M), not the one your dirty minds are thinking about. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/7 "2024-10-17T18:14:38Z")
I _can’t wait_ to try out their personality prototypes… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/8 "2024-10-17T19:59:03Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > (Anyone who instantly recognizes this, I salute you.) Steven Spielberg’s completion of Stanley Kubrick’s unfinished film **A.I.**. Knew it right off the bat. That’s the “Flesh Fair” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/9 "2024-10-17T20:54:07Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > The Marketing Division of the Microsoft Corporation are a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. Go stick your head in a . . . I mean share and enjoy! ;-D ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/10 "2024-10-17T22:07:59Z")
AI Chatbot: In time you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love. Me: NEVER! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/11 "2024-10-17T22:11:22Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > The Marketing Division of the Microsoft Corporation are a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. We’re gonna need a bigger wall, cuz I have a list of my own… ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/12 "2024-10-17T23:03:06Z")
Will this be like a 2025 version of Microsoft Word’s Clippy? If so, then no thank you. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/13 "2024-10-17T23:12:16Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I _can’t wait_ to try out their personality prototypes… [Sounds ghastly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh-W8QDVA9s) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-plastic-pal-whos-fun-to-be-with/1008923/14 "2024-10-17T23:44:30Z")
Sounds like Microsoft has a solution in search of a problem…