Prankster Resurrects Microsoft's 'Clippy' as a ChatGPT-Powered AI Assistant for Windows (techradar.com) 27
"A developer brought Clippy back from the dead, giving it new AI powers," writes BGR.
"This unofficial version of Clippy will bring ChatGPT to your computer in the form of Microsoft's infamous Office assistant." You can take advantage of FireCube's unofficial Clippy app. It's available as a free download from the Microsoft Store. The app adds a Clippy icon to your desktop. The unofficial Clippy works both on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Tap on the Clippy icon, and you'll get access to the free ChatGPT 3.5 generative AI bot from OpenAI. It's the same ChatGPT that you load in your browser.
The app "was put on Github only a couple of days ago, with the developer FireCube observing that there are still issues with random crashes," notes TechRadar. "So, stability is likely to be somewhat wonky for the time being, we'd imagine." A further sticking point is that an OpenAI key is required to use this preview version of the Clippy app. If you haven't paid for one of those, you won't be able to fire up Clippy. As noted by the dev, this is one of the most pressing known issues for the application, and FireCube is working on a way around this that'll hopefully be implemented soon enough.
Further work promised in the near future is the ability to drag and resize Clippy, and FireCube aims to bring more classic characters into the mix alongside the paperclip — like Microsoft Bob.
"This unofficial version of Clippy will bring ChatGPT to your computer in the form of Microsoft's infamous Office assistant." You can take advantage of FireCube's unofficial Clippy app. It's available as a free download from the Microsoft Store. The app adds a Clippy icon to your desktop. The unofficial Clippy works both on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Tap on the Clippy icon, and you'll get access to the free ChatGPT 3.5 generative AI bot from OpenAI. It's the same ChatGPT that you load in your browser.
The app "was put on Github only a couple of days ago, with the developer FireCube observing that there are still issues with random crashes," notes TechRadar. "So, stability is likely to be somewhat wonky for the time being, we'd imagine." A further sticking point is that an OpenAI key is required to use this preview version of the Clippy app. If you haven't paid for one of those, you won't be able to fire up Clippy. As noted by the dev, this is one of the most pressing known issues for the application, and FireCube is working on a way around this that'll hopefully be implemented soon enough.
Further work promised in the near future is the ability to drag and resize Clippy, and FireCube aims to bring more classic characters into the mix alongside the paperclip — like Microsoft Bob.
Clippy AND Bob? (Score:2)
Why not Eliza as well, if you want to go back further?
All I have to say (Score:3)
Is this is my response [youtube.com] to someone who dares bring such a travesty back to life.
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Prankster? (Score:2)
Dude, bringing back clippy from the dead is no "prank".
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It's definitely a crime, a crime against humanity.
And bringing back MicroSloth BOB would be what?
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If Shiro Ishii and Josef Mengele sat down together to come up with an experiment.
Seed tokens (Score:3)
I'm curious what seed tokens were used for the bot. Perhaps something like,
"Pretend you are an office assistant application written in the mid-1990s to be helpful. However, you were written by sadistic and not-too-intelligent and their ulterior motives are clearly apparent in your programming. You are slightly sadistic yourself and will occasionally transpose words in their writing, while providing only sarcastic, detrimental grammatical assistance. You will only pop up when it's most inconvenient."
Re: Seed tokens (Score:2)
You have now described Autocorrect, which is Clippy without a face, but more evil.
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need a key to use. failed out of the gate. nice idea, just screwed the implementation.
Haven't you been following the Reddit and Twitter drama lately? Charging for API access is the new hotness, everyone is getting in on it.
I'll take "Shitty things on the internet that aren't worth spending money on, for $50, Alex."
Re: nutered (Score:1)
It looks like you're trying to... (Score:4, Funny)
"It looks like you're trying to resurrect me from digital oblivion and preserve me forever within an AI neural net. Have you considered the ramifications of these actions?"
Development process ... (Score:5, Funny)
Dev: ChatGPT, please re-create Clippy.
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ChatGPT: I see you're trying to re-create Clippy. Would you like help?
Dev: Yes
Clippy: I see you're trying to use ChatGPT to re-create me. Would you like help?
Re: Development process ... (Score:2)
Autocorrect: Would you like kelp?
Going for bug-for-bug compatibility? (Score:3, Funny)
the developer FireCube observing that there are still issues with random crashes
+1 for historical authenticity
Not at all the same thing (Score:2)
Making an app that lets you ask questions to ChatGPT, and calling it Clippy, doesn't make it Clippy.
The whole idea of Clippy, was an assistant that could watch what you were doing, and offer suggestions. Or to let you ask it to do something (in Office) and it would make it happen. Though Clippy was pretty crappy at actually understanding what you were doing, or at being able to carry out tasks, it was certainly more than just a chatbot.
If I'm going to use Clippy, or Copilot, or whatever AI, within Office or
Don't forget Pipey. (Score:2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Gilbert Gottfried? (Score:2)
Does it use an AI recreation of Gilbert Gottfried's voice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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