Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Customers I build AI chat features for also liken it to clippy. I think it’s a very common association.





I hope you accept that likening how it is intended, and I can't imagine that being a good thing. Clippy was universally panned. To me, I wouldn't be telling people that the thing I'm spending time working on was received as this generation's Clippy.

Clippy was panned because it was intrusive and offered very little real help, but the design and concept themselves were always popular.

you just described modern LLM bots as well

When talking with them I was surprised because they seemed to be invoking his name positively.



Consider applying for YC's Summer 2025 batch! Applications are open till May 13

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: