Karl Klammer was part of the Office world until 2007, when Microsoft had mercy.
In retrospect, he admitted that he had gone too far and “negligently dealt with the attention of users”, the technology portal “Heise” quotes him. Horvitz should have learned a lot from his failure. In a sense, Karl Klammer was one of the first steps in this direction. Nobody knows exactly why.īy the way, behind Karl and his friends (there was also a dog, a drawn cat and a magician) is the computer scientist Eric Horvitz, who is still working at Microsoft today as a leading scientist (Chief Scientific Officer) and the developments in the field of artificial intelligence drives forward. If he was punished with disregard, he would occasionally turn into a bicycle. He fidgeted around the edge of the screen until someone reacted to him or at least annoyed him clicked away.
But the cute look couldn’t hide the fact that the assistant was an intrusive pain in the ass. The comic paper clip – it was called “Clippy” in the English language original – offered its help at every opportunity, whether you wanted it or not. But no sooner had you finished writing the sentence than the bracket spoke up again. How nice, you thought – and clicked away the message.
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After all, anyone who started the Word text software in the nineties only had to hit the keys a few times to get to know Karl Klammer – yes, that was the real name of the animated office utensil. Seldom has anyone felt this as clearly as the talking paper clip from Microsoft’s Office suite. But his opinionated behavior made him one of the most unpopular objects in the history of technology. The digital assistant Karl Klammer was supposed to explain Microsoft Word to users.
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