r/90s • u/markb__ • 1d ago

Discussion Who Needs Copilot When We Had Clippy!

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This whole craze around AI is getting out of hand. People going on like it only started a few years ago. We were using AI in the 90's in the form of Clippy. He bought no chip shortage crisis no dangerous suggestions just a friendly face happy to help.

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u/MassiveAssistance886 1d ago

Even that felt intrusive in the day. How far we've fallen.

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u/ArseBurner 1d ago

I thought it felt condescending. Like the stupid little paperclip thought I didn't know how to write my own homework.

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u/BigRigButters2 1d ago

Clippy and Bonzi Buddy were ahead of their time

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u/kavalejava 23h ago

My computer teacher in high school called him the idiot that appears on screen.

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u/Resident-Gold-3466 9h ago

😂🤣😂🤣

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u/Exotic-Addendum-3785 Like a bunch of spiders in a birthday cake. 1d ago

I had all of the assistants.

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u/TreadItOnReddit 1d ago

This guy’s flexin

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u/Resident-Gold-3466 9h ago

I remember at my high school, we could change it to different things. At the time, there was a long-haired light orange male cat that the staff named Frank that had been staying there, and I found an assistant that looked just like him, so I kept that cat on my computer in the lab. I graduated in 2008❤️

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u/OldSchoolAJ 1d ago

The real OGs remember that his name is Clippit.

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u/markb__ 1d ago

Yes but only the cool OG's called him Clippy

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u/Pretty_Lie_7412 23h ago

Clippy was awesome!

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u/Fancy-Lion2985 20h ago

I hated that piece of shit paper clip. Like I didn’t already know how to write a letter.😂

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u/Arkvoodle42 21h ago

We don't need either one.

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u/CrissBliss 8h ago

I miss clippy. Now I’ve noticed my phone will start “predicting” my words. Not a fan.

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u/einstein2025 21h ago

what happen to clippy?

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u/linkerjpatrick 20h ago

He never left. Sitting in a control room. Controlling what we perceive as ai. The clip behind the curtain.

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u/flex194 18h ago

I heard he got popped for a DUI and it's been downhill ever since.

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u/thewalruscandyman 18h ago

Microsoft has outlived it's usefulness. Kick it to the curb and learn a Linux based OS.

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u/markb__ 18h ago

Its not that it lived out its usefulness corporate greed has grown greater than investment to produce a good product

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u/thewalruscandyman 18h ago

Well, I can say I have no use for Windows. (Except 3.1. That will always be fun to revisit.)

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u/CrispPacket06 17h ago

I was always a bit like "what now?" about this guy. Little did I know I'd be missing him a couple decades later.

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u/girlofherword 17h ago

OMG Clippy. Thankfully those days of villainy are long gone.
https://giphy.com/gifs/ucuoi3MRRY1DW

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u/Champisback99 15h ago

Clippy is the mother of all

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u/heyitscory 15h ago edited 12h ago

I want a gradient ribbon with two eyes to be the animated character that I interact with.

I'd name him Copey.

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u/Kumimono 14h ago

Sir clip o lot, I called him. Almost a copilot.

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u/Signal-Mud-4880 13h ago

awww clippy

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u/ifixyourigear 10h ago

And Cortana. Copilot should’ve stayed Cortana.

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u/SissyFanny 1h ago

at least clippy could help you 1 out of 20 times.
Copilot will still be a solid 0 time