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'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS' says Windows president in what I can only assume is a bid to make me swap to Linux (www.pcgamer.com)

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Pavan Davuluri, the president of Windows and devices at Microsoft, recently took to X to share their feelings on the future of the OS (as spotted by Tom's Hardware). "Windows is evolving into an agentic OS, connecting devices, cloud, and AI to unlock intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere."

If that phrase reads to you like someone has thrown a dart at a board filled with LinkedIn buzzwords, you're not alone. Effectively, an agentic AI is one that can run autonomously, without the need to check back in on each step of the process.

If you ask a standard non-agentic AI to make you a poem, it can. If you ask that same AI to set up supply chains, adjusting stock and employees in real-time, based on information fed to it, it can't do it .

So, in this sense, Windows as an agentic AI is one that is designed to run automations daily to lighten the productivity load. However, I can't help but wonder who wants that out of their OS?

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[-] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The OS itself was bullshit and inconvenient until GUI came along and standardised ease of use through simple point and click.

I disagree that computers were "bullshit" prior to GUIs.

TUIs existed for a long time (and did point-and-click prior to GUIs) and many tasks (especially bulk and repetitive ones) are still much better accomplished using CLIs. There's a lot of terrible GUIs out there too - TUIs tend to have much more consistent and keyboard-friendly experiences. I agree with the rest of your comment.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

I am speaking in terms of accessibility and use for the average person. Tech nerds and people who were paid to learn how to use them could do it sure, but they weren't friendly or convenient other than by comparison to not having them at all.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

plenty of nontechnical people learned to use them. also, terminal interfaces are probably the most accessible things we have now. gui is definitely shit for people with disabilities.

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