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That’s enough AI for me today
Microsoft has changed its terms lately and I haven’t had time to familiarise myself with all the alterations.
I had noticed that if I did a Google or Bing search my laptop tended to default to AI to answer, so I decided to give AI prompts when I wanted to research a subject. The system had been working adequately but today while using CoPilot, things came to a stop and I received a message that I had used my quota of CoPilot prompts for the day.
Seemingly, one of the changes to Microsoft Windows is the imposition of a limit of how many queries can be inputted to CoPilot’s free version in one day. I will have to study Microsoft’s amended rules. I have the option to upgrade my CoPilot access, of course, but I would have to pay. My thought was “Blow that for a game of tin soldiers”.1
Then, it might be beneficial if exposure to AI is restricted, because I will spend more time in the “real world” rather than online.
If I want to find out, say, what is the population of a certain UK town, I will have to do an old-fashioned internet search. The old-fashioned method works
It strikes me as ironic though that an AI tool gave me a communication along the lines of “That’s enough internet for you today.”
1. Blow that for a game of soldiers — Idioms by The Free Dictionary
