And a happy FUCK OFF to AI from Emma Thompson. 😌

#FuckAI #EmmaThompson #StephenColbert

@Radgryd BRILLIANT! _Bloody_ Brilliant!

@Radgryd The enjoyment I derive from Brits saying "Fuck Off" is second only to French folks saying "Shit".

I don't know why, maybe it's the accent, the inflection, the passion -- or some different, intangible texture or quality, I've never been able to define it.

Thanks for listening to my #TEDtalk.

@JustinDerrick @Radgryd no we say merde. For more details please ask Lambert Wilson.
@f4grx @Radgryd Sorry, there's something about the french accent on the English word that's just... for lack of a better word... decadent.

@JustinDerrick That is a really intriguing statement.

@f4grx @Radgryd

@JustinDerrick @Radgryd To me, her accent implies a kind of total politeness. Seeing her explode really intensifies the experience.

It would have been different if she had spoken a dialect where every other word was 'fuck' (or something similar).

@Radgryd
I'm not even a writer and I agree 100% with this message!

Someone needs to help her turn off the damn AI option! (that's still possible, right? I don't use MS Word so I don't know ...)

@ahimsa_pdx @Radgryd It's encouraging to see so many people railing against Ai!

To me seemed as simple as Settings/Copilot uncheck the box. I succeeded there - but I wish I learned how to not pay for it before they got my money.

@dxzdb @ahimsa_pdx @Radgryd this automatic „AI summary“ on top of all Word documents is driving me nuts as well…
unfortunately even just „switching off Copilot“ is NOT POSSIBLE in Microsoft 365 - you can only disable all cloud-based functionality al at once. And this also would disable Sharepoint / OneCloud as well - which is simply not an option in a corporate context these days.
So Microsoft is shoving any stupid Word doc of nearly all companies on this planet through its LLM - without even being asked! This feature is a complete waste of resources for 99.9999.. % of users!
Even from an economic perspective this makes so f**n no sense!
#Microsoft #AI #CoPilot #MS365 #Office #Word
@3mind @ahimsa_pdx @Radgryd Oh - I'm so fortunate to not need Sharepoint or any MS cloud stuff. I'm sure they've have several types of licenses, but on my Mac I see a single check box for Copilot. It's terrible the thought of Ai use that isn't even desired!
@ahimsa_pdx @Radgryd
Someone should tell her to use Libreoffice (or some variant)
@Radgryd check out her new show! it’s great!
@danedeasy Already on my list, looking forward to it! 😍 Love both her and Ruth.

@Radgryd

Someone should tell her, she can use #Libreoffice instead... 😇

@Radgryd wow the reaction from the audience really shows how much normal people hate AI slop being forced on us
@jiub @Radgryd maybe we should send videos like this to the AI booster people, and tell them to listen to the audience. Maybe even collect a bunch of of similar videos
@Radgryd Preach! I'm a copy editor. I have to use MS Word with clients. The number of times I shriek "Fuck off" to AI's idiotic "suggestions"! Along with "that's not a plural, you moron; the name just happens to end with an S."
@LPerry2 I totally get this, it's terrible! 😭
@Radgryd what about the unwashed masses who don't write?
@Radgryd This is me when I'm thumbing thru hiking photos and Google keeps asking if I want to adjust the color of the sky.
@Radgryd I remember her telling a story that when she wrote the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility her computer died. Stephen Fry came round to recover it.

@BenCotterill @Radgryd

Grand Nerd energy

@cavyherd @BenCotterill I believe it! 😂
Story 3 Stephen Fry Emma Thompsen

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@BenCotterill @Radgryd

I love that whole crew.

Emma Thompson
Stephen Fry
Hugh Laurie

I gather they all came up together. Sort of like late-Boomer Rat Pack. Only British. & ferrets instead of rats. & viciously smart.

@cavyherd @Radgryd All members of Cambridge Footlights I think.

@BenCotterill @Radgryd

Yes, I think that's right.

@Radgryd I just keep rewatching this and smiling
@Radgryd Someone can present libreoffice to Ema Tompson?
@Radgryd She's so awesome.
@Radgryd She's so great (and SO right)
@Radgryd Emma Thompson is a great woman
@Radgryd It saddens me that so many people think you have to use MS Word when there are countless better options. If your publisher or wherever you have to send it requires MS Word, convert it to that then, don't torture yourself with that shit while you're trying to write.
@leadore @Radgryd Yes, this! Whenever this comes up, I do my work in WordPerfect as usual, then save to Word. No one has had any issues except when formatting is important.

@Radgryd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUAeYL7eAdI&t=159

On old zero punctuation review comes to mind where the narrator pondered if there should be a dedicated 'fuck off' button on the --- then upcoming --- PS4 versus the 'social media share' button.

Every computer and application should by default we would like it to fuck off, and then wholeheartedly support our decisions.

NEXT GEN BUYER'S GUIDE (Zero Punctuation)

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@Radgryd Just use EMACS, geeze.
@Radgryd And TIL Emma Thompson is #lefthanded. I'm sure I should have known that before.

@Radgryd

Love it. 😂 Turn this lady onto free office writers.

@Radgryd

"Oh sure, go ahead rewrite that. Thanks."

>drags document to trash<

@Radgryd

Motion for @libreoffice to make a the codename for the next release "Emma's Right"

@Radgryd I’ve ever more connected to a celebrity, and there’s a video out there of #EddieVedder (of my fucking favorite band, #PearlJam) liking my shirt at a show like 15 years ago.

@Radgryd Yeah. I wrote what I wrote, exactly how I wrote it the first time, and I don't want any motherfucker - let alone a fake robotic motherfucker - suggesting I write it differently.

Preach, Emma! ✊🏼

@Radgryd You go girl! You tell 'm!
But on the other hand, you can be furious AND spare yourself the 'annoyance' by using LibreOffice (or another alternative). Be furious AND set an example.
@Radgryd

She is marvelous in her rage! So great!

However even for seemingly educated people it looks like there is no alternative to Microsoft Word. Obviously absolutely nothing.
That's how it is. that's how most people honestly think.
Why and how did it come to this?! It's totally humiliating to a nerd like me :( .

There is still so much / even more to do to just make people
aware (in the right way btw. Just saying "you suck cuz you use Word" won't work).