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So, we've named our DVD service

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Quickster.

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>> Now, I've seen some pretty bad naming

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conventions. This happened to be one of

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the single worst ones that we've ever

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seen. But it turns out that Microsoft

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actually has decided that they want the

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crown. They want to be number one in the

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single worst naming conventions. And of

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course, I'm talking about Co-Pilot,

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which is kind of funny cuz during

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research for this video, I just searched

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up worst naming conventions company. And

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even Gemini was just like, "Yo, it's

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Microsoft." Yeah, if you're wondering,

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it's actually Microsoft. Microsoft is

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like the worst. And that actually

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reminded me, there's this whole Xbox

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thing, you know, the old one Xbox One

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Xbox

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Microsoft or the whole remote desktop

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being renamed into Windows app. This is

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just so bad. But really, the true crime

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comes with Copilot. If you're not

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familiar with Copilot, Copilot has a

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long and rich history. It first started

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off on GitHub. So, this is like 2022,

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late 2022, maybe October, and GitHub

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releases C-Pilot. It is this

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autocomplete inliner that you can be

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able to write code significantly faster

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by having it. And honestly, it was a

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pretty wild time. This was a lot of

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programmers kind of first introduction

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into the chat jeopardy series. And of

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course, unlike today, AI wasn't hyped or

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just insane. See, in 2023, people had

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really reasonable and normal takes. They

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weren't saying things like it's so over

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or AI is going to take your jobs. No,

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we're just a bunch of levelheaded devs

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having nice discussions on the internet.

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Anyways, a short while later after

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Microsoft saw the grand success of

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Microsoft GitHub's copilot, Microsoft

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decided to have Microsoft Copilot also.

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So that way you could have Microsoft

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GitHub copilot and Microsoft copilot so

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that way you can have your cooperating

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system cooperate with you. Yes. So that

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means literally Microsoft had co-pilot

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the chat interface and also C-pilot the

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GitHub programming interface which by

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the way I don't know if you noticed this

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there was also GitHub copilot X okay

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GitHub Copilot pen maybe I'm not really

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sure if that's Roman numeral or not but

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there was actually two versions of

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GitHub Copilot during this time but that

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just wasn't enough for Microsoft okay

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they wanted something even better they

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wanted the co-pilot

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PC meet the computer you can talk to. Go

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ahead. Just ask co-pilot anything.

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>> Grandma needs to make the text bigger.

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The text is just too small. So, we just

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ask co-pilot. Hey, co-pilot.

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>> Hey there, Judner. What's on your mind

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today?

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>> I want to make the text on my screen

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bigger. Can you show me where to click

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to do that?

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>> All right, Judner. I've highlighted the

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display option for you. Click there to

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adjust text. Imagine if Copilot could

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just, I don't know, click it instead of

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highlighting it for you.

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>> Size and other display settings.

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>> Can you show me what to click next?

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>> I've highlighted the scale setting for

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you. Click there to change the size of

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text, apps, and other items.

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>> What percentage should I click?

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>> Let's start by selecting 150.

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>> I love that part. Let's start by

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selecting 150. Dude, you started off

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with make my font bigger and the

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suggestion is to keep it the same. Oh my

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gosh. By the way, this video was deleted

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because of how much it got made fun of.

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I love that co-pilot got prompt injected

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by a recommended like it saw it went

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through the list. It went, "Ah, yo, 150

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recommended for you, baby. I got I got

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you." But maybe that's not enough

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co-pilots for you. Maybe you want

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co-pilot plus PC with your co-pilot

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Windows experience. That way you can

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have a proper co-operating system. Yes.

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See, this C-pilot Plus is actually a PC

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designed to run Microsoft Copilot, but

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not Microsoft Copilot Chat. We're

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talking about Microsoft Copilot Windows

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Copilot Edition. Don't get them

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confused. They're completely different

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and it's pretty obvious which one I'm

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talking about at this current moment.

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When I say the word Copilot, I'm not

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talking about the hardware side on

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Copilot Plus or the chat side. I'm

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talking about the operating system side.

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But honestly, if this list confuses you,

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just go to their docs and decide which

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co-pilot's right for me and my

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organization. I know this isn't about

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all the different co-pilots. It's just

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funny that they even have a doc trying

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to explain to you what Microsoft Copilot

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you should be using and that is because

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maybe you want to use Microsoft 365

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copilot. Now this is obviously not

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Microsoft Copilot. This is Microsoft 365

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Copilot. This is not PC copilot and this

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is not copilot plus PC. Okay, you

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technically on your co-pilot plus PC

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using PC co-pilot could actually have

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your co-pilot chat recommend your

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co-pilot 365 if that is that that's

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that's if if you want that kind of game.

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You know what I'm talking about. Satia,

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don't even try to play koi with me. If

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we keep this up, Satia is going to show

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you why they call it Microsoft. But

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honestly, if you'd like to go to the

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next level, you don't even want

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Microsoft 365 copilot. You want

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Microsoft Dynamic 365 Copilot. The new

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era of AI powered business. The king of

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all the co-pilot. Oh, wait, wait, no,

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no. I I was wrong. Actually, the true

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king of all co-pilots is co-pilot

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checkout and brand agents. Yes, a

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partnership with PayPal. Microsoft now

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has C-pilot Checkout. Now, you're

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probably thinking there's just no

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possibility that this could get any

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worse because honestly, after all of

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that, I'm even a little bit confused.

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Okay, I I spent an unordinary amount of

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time going through all the different

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co-pilots and leaving several on the

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table cuz it's just entirely too absurd.

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The tweet isn't really exaggerating. And

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just in case you need a friendly

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diagram, you can look at this really

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quickly. But I want to actually jump

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back to this old Xbox thing because I

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realize something. There's an

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opportunity here that I think Microsoft

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Microsoft is preparing for. Okay, I

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think we're about to see a co-pilot Xbox

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edition. Okay, Cortana 2.0. Yes, maybe

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they killed one of my favorite iconic

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characters from Halo. Actually, I mean,

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technically, they killed her a while

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ago. Okay, Halo Infinite. RIP Cortana.

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Also, RIP Halo ever since pretty much

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like Halo 5. But Microsoft has decided

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that you know who needs to lead up the

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next Xbox game division right here.

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Well, the new CEO of Microsoft gaming,

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Asha Chararma. Guess what? She was the

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president of Microsoft Core AI. Yes, she

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probably oversaw all of the little

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co-pilots. So, you already know where

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this is going. Co-pilot Gaming.

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Everybody, I want you to buckle up,

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okay? Because honestly, you don't have

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enough AI in your life. We're going to

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make AI in all of it. AI will continue

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until morale improves in which it will

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still continue anyways because honestly,

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the only thing that really matters is

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shareholder value. If you're not

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delivering value, what are you doing?

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So, that means I need you. Yes, you to

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play more games. And I want you to have

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more co-pilot AI in those games. So that

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way you can show adoption which shows

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shareholder value which gets this nice

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lady an epic bonus because honestly

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that's the way the world works. The name

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is the copilogen. Actually no the name's

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not that. I don't want to get sued by

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Microsoft. Uh the name's obviously the

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primogen. Okay. I don't I don't need any

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debacles here. I certainly don't want to

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become another Mike Row like that.

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That's not I I don't want that at all.

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So, please please Microsoft, this my

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name is just the prime engine. Nothing

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to do with your stuff, okay? Your

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stuff's completely different. Uh, thank

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Interactive Summary

The video criticizes Microsoft's consistently poor naming conventions, highlighting its "Copilot" branding as the pinnacle of confusion. Starting with GitHub Copilot for code in late 2022, Microsoft rapidly expanded the "Copilot" name to numerous products including "Microsoft Copilot," "Copilot PC," "Copilot Plus PC," "Microsoft 365 Copilot," and "Dynamic 365 Copilot," creating a bewildering array. The speaker lampoons a Copilot PC demo for its ineffectiveness, as it failed to suggest a meaningful text size change, and predicts a future "Copilot Gaming" initiative, driven by the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming who previously led Core AI, all in pursuit of shareholder value.

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