Edit: To give an actual contrarian view, this could be useful for people who are completely computer illiterate, but need to use a computer for work/school etc and have no desire to learn the basics of using a desktop OS.
This is a push for a new way to interact with computers. Using natural language, at every part of the interface, to give the computer instruction. Allowing those instructions to be dialog.
Also, on the topic of keyboard vs voice, I think differently when my thoughts are expressed through typing and speech. A computer that can follow my babble around (which would also need eye tracking or some brain connection to fully understand the context of each thought) is radically different than using a mouse or keyboard commands to select focus.
If anything, this marketing copy appears to be a push towards a first preview of the future. What you can actually do with it is rudimentary, but the paradigm of _how_ you interact is a major behavior change that is required first before full capability can be unlocked. We are probably close than people believe to a full holodeck experience of interacting in a fully 3d rendered environment, and having it manifest change realtime. At some point the interface of the shell fades away completely, or at least optionally.
This cycle, gig work and part-time hours are exploiting the health care gap to ensure that people are paid just barely enough money to show up to work the next day, but not enough money or hours so that they can afford to voluntarily quit being exploited. Universal healthcare and basic income at a national level would crater involuntary employment numbers and likely cause a banking crash when consumers default en masse on their credit debt balances.
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>What is the strategy behind this?
We must do something, this is something, so we do it.
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User: hey, why is the game running so slow?
AI Assistant: starts checking things.
Telemetry, apps: GTA 6 was launched 1 hour ago, then stopped 4 minutes ago. Likely the source of the performance complaints.
Telemetry, frames: FPS was at 60 when the game started, started dropping after 30 minutes of gameplay, deteriorated sharply. Reached the low of 18 FPS with unstable frame timings 12 minutes ago and remained there. Confirms GTA 6 as the source of the performance complaints.
Game settings: "medium" preset, locked to 60 FPS, lines up with recommendations for this system.
Expected performance of this game on this hardware with those settings: should stay at 60, with dips down to 50 in heavy areas. Does not match the observed performance.
Telemetry, resource utilization: normal until 30 minutes into gameplay, then increasingly GPU bound, causing poor performance.
Telemetry, power: the laptop was at 100% of charge and plugged in throughout. Temps were at 40C when the game was launched, then started ramping up, fan reached its RPM limit at 20 minutes, temperature kept climbing. Progressively more throttling was applied to GPU and CPU. 80C on GPU die (thermal limit) was hit 34 minutes in. GPU performance was choked by the thermal throttling.
Local temperature: no dedicated air intake sensor to query the air temperature from. 19C outside according to the weather report, but the laptop is plugged in, so it's probably not outside. Inside would be warmer. No smart thermostat to query the air temperature from. Anything else to get the air temperature from? Paired smartphone: is in proximity, was not used or moved for the past hour, reports that its core temperature is 24C. That's the room temperature.
Cooling system analysis: cross-referencing power draw logs to estimated room temperature to internal temperature. Not enough heat is being rejected by the cooling system. It underperforms the factory specification by at least 60%.
Past performance data: this laptop was used 7 times in the past 10 days. Seems like the cooling system was underperforming every time.
AI Assistant: your computer was overheating while you were playing GTA 6, which caused the performance issues. Check the air exhaust - the port at the left side of the laptop, with hot air coming out of it. Is there anything blocking it?
User: uh, no? The laptop was on the table the entire time. There's nothing to the left of it.
AI Assistant: it's likely that the laptop's cooling system needs cleaning. Should I check the prices at the nearest repair shop?
Who is this useful for? What is the strategy behind this?