Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash

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• OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hm… Come to think of it…

  Fact #1: Microsoft claims their codebase is now 30% AI-generated.

  Fact #2: US courts are in pretty unanimous agreement that AI generated material cannot be copyrighted.

  So… What percentage of AI-generated code does Microslop need to reach before their software copyrights become unenforceable?

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• MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Lol, and that is such a mild form of criticism… To nuke their whole Discord over it. On the other hand, I guess nothing of value was lost

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  • SSUPII@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The Discord wasn’t official, it was just endorsed. This is the work of a fanboy

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    • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Qed

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    • Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Is it not? They sure seem to promote it as such. Image

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• drunkosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hahahahahaha Microslop Microslop Microslop Microslop Microslop

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• lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The article used the word “Microslop” thirteen times. I guess the author really wants search engines and bots to associate “Microslop” with “Microsoft”. Apparently Microslop is a term for Microsoft products, or perhaps even Microslop is an intrinsic property of Microsoft.

  …'kay, I’ll stop it now.

  It’s rather curious how MS babbles so much about “AI”, but its Discord server uses such a simple filter that can be evaded by 0N3 0F 7H3 0LD357 700L5 0F 7H3 1N73RN37 5H17P0573R one of the oldest tools of the internet shitposter: leetspeak. It’s almost like it knows it’s selling a dud.

  Also, I guess this thing run so far they don’t even care about the Streisand effect any more.

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• RivverRavven@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Microslop is the most microslopping microslop that ever microslopped.

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• fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh boy, can’t wait for people to post microslop comments even more.

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• TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Since the bottom of an article is usually the least visible, I’ll paste this here to make it more visible:

  “The Copilot Discord channel has recently been targeted by spammers attempting to disrupt and overwhelm the space with harmful content not related to Copilot. Initially, this spam consisted of walls of text, so we added temporary filters for select terms to slow this activity. We have since made the decision to temporarily lock down the server while we work to implement stronger safeguards to protect users from this harmful spam and help ensure the server remains a safe, usable space for the community,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Windows Latest.

  Microsoft added that blocking terms such as “Microslop,” along with other phrases in the spam campaign, was not intended as a permanent policy but a short-term mitigation while the company manages to put additional protections in place.

  Whether it’s true or not that the policy was temporary, I guess we’ll see.

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