Kathy Reid<p>Why does <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> want to implement <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Recall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recall</span></a>? It's not about *images*. It's about modelling what workers do on Windows, and then replacing them. </p><p>The most expensive part of a computer is the fallible feelings-filled unpredictable meat sack that operates it. </p><p>Google has YouTube, Google Photos, Maps, and a bucket load of search data, Google Analytics, advertising, as well as it's <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GCP</span></a> data (e.g. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/STT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STT</span></a> transcriptions). And a bunch of data from Android services. From this data they can model speech, model videos and model advertising systems, and how humans respond to them. </p><p>But they can't model what people do on computers. </p><p>Amazon has Prime data, and a bucket load of compute. But no operating system data. They can build models based around e-commerce and advertising systems. </p><p>But they can't model what people do on computers. </p><p>Meta has *waves hands* enough analytics to model human behaviour in the Metaverse. </p><p>But they can't model what people do on computers. </p><p>Microsoft has GitHub. <br>Microsoft has LinkedIn. <br>Microsoft has SharePoint.<br>Microsoft has Teams. <br>Microsoft has Dynamics. <br>Microsoft has O365. <br>Microsoft has Windows telemetry data. </p><p>Microsoft can model what people do on (Windows) computers. Like fill out spreadsheets.Write emails. Synthesize web pages of research. Interact with colleagues on Teams. Create and edit documents. </p><p>Microsoft wants <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicrosoftRecall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftRecall</span></a> data so they can model what people *do* with operating systems. </p><p>Then replace them. </p><p>Imagine a CoPilot that doesn't just write buggy code. Imagine one that also does spreadsheets. That creates documents on SharePoint. That communicates with colleages on Teams. That has a customer pipeline on Dynamics.</p><p>That's what Recall is about - 360 degree surveillance of the worker, to model their functions, make them fungible, replicable - and replaceable.</p>