Windows Search using Copilot

dacrone said:

Try this:

open Copilot app > click your account picture at the bottom left > select Settings > scroll down to Permission Settings > turn off File Search
and t
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Hazel123 said:

And this is why I don't want AI built into my computer.

I find Chat GPT very useful and helpful and have done on a number of occasions on various matters. The difference is it is not installed on my computer, I can open a web browser and choose to use it or not. It is not tied to my Windows settings with hidden menus.

Now I did try Copilot again recently and the AI model does seem to have improved and it does seem more like Chat GPT now (maybe a connection there now) or they've given it a different personality! But - I still don't want it installed on my computer. I like to choose what is installed on my computer. It's not as if it can be used offline either!

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Edwin said:

YouTube is fast becoming a cesspool of fake AI garbage

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starchase said:

Just one example of the useful power of CoPilot, I told it:

I'm looking for the initial publication date for a particular comic strip of "Peanuts" which was a comic strip published in American newspapers between 1950 and 2000 in which Linus tells his sister Lucy that he wants to become a doctor famous for helping Humanity when he grows up and Lucy laughs at his desire telling Linus that he'll never become a doctor as he doesn't even like humanity. But Linus retorts, I like humanity, it's people I can't stand!"

and in just a few seconds it answered:


**The comic strip you're referring to was first published on *November 12, 1959*.** This particular "Peanuts" strip by Charles M. Schulz features a classic exchange between Linus and Lucy. Linus expresses his noble ambition to become a doctor who helps humanity, only to be met with Lucy's cynical laughter. She tells him he can't possibly become a doctor because he doesn't even like humanity. Linus delivers the memorable punchline: "I love mankind... it's people I can't stand!". This line has become one of the most quoted from the entire "Peanuts" series, often cited as an example of Schulz's ability to blend humor with philosophical insight. The strip captures the essence of Schulz's writing—witty, poignant, and deeply human, even when spoken by children. If you're compiling notable strips or quotes for your genealogy or cultural documentation work, this one is a gem. Would you like help locating the full strip or integrating it into a timeline or visual archive?
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Levitate11 said:

I find that AI provides "mostly correct" information. "Most" of them time.

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pseymour said:

Same as regular old web sites, the news, people on 11 Forum, the old man on the corner. I'm not sure why people seem to hold LLMs and AI in general to a higher standard. If you can't discern true from false, or are too lazy to, you're going to have a bad time.

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Levitate11 said:

The problem is that Corporations are holding it to be 100% accurate. How will you like AI making decisions on your health coverage and "needs". Even today, it's becoming difficult to argue with AI decisions by corporations. Imagine where it's going.

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pseymour said:

As opposed to the garbage generated by people.

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starchase said:

At least for Copilot, this statement is at the bottom of the app:

"Copilot may make mistakes. Your conversations are personalized and help train AI. Opt out (link)

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Levitate11 said:

I find that AI provides "mostly correct" information. "Most" of them time.

Sometime I am familiar with a subject but just need some random fact that I don't recall or never learned. I search and there are AI results. AI seems to have incorrect facts / details much too often.

Just one recent example, vis-a-vis the thread here on Activity Logs, AI will tell you to use the options that MS used to provide before they "retired" the automatic activity log monitoring back in January 2024. Step by step, through WIN 11 features that haven't existed for almost two years now.

The other day, Google's AI told me that Duane Allman played the slide guitar on a Cream / Clapton song. Clapton didn't meet Allman until at least a year after that song was released.

That's just a couple, perhaps trivial, examples. But I run across them fairly often - and AI most always presents them as facts. AI makes incorrect assumptions and connections that shouldn't be presented as fact or, sometimes, presented at all.

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Hazel123 said:

Google AI is ridiculously unreliable and will contradict itself depending on how you phrase a question. All it does is take information from articles in Google. An example of this was when the issue was only discussed on one forum and Google AI gave that as a definitive answer - while someone on that forum then quoted Google AI's answer - which was actually taken from the forum discussion asking the question! If that makes sense. If you check - google AI has "links" next to its answers with the source material on the right. The source material is often just conflicting opinion/marketing and not reliable fact.

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DJNelson said:

CoPilot gives false information in some cases. Therefore it is useless.

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