Personal Computer by Perplexity

(perplexity.ai)

25 points | by josephwegner 3 hours ago

10 comments

  • recursive 37 minutes ago
    > the computer lives with you.

    What does this mean? The computer isn't alive. It's physically located on my person? Phones and watches have already cracked this.

    If I say "Bob lives with me", that just mean that they generally reside in the same domicile as me. Desktop PCs already do that.

    I just don't understand what's even intended by this.

    • moritzwarhier 27 minutes ago
      > I just don't understand what's even intended by this.

      I might be misinterpreting, but according to the landing page, this is the intention:

      > Personal Computer gives Perplexity Computer and the Comet Assistant always-on, local access to your machine's files, apps, and sessions through a continuously running compact desktop.

      > It's a persistent digital proxy of you. Controllable from any device, anywhere.

      That being said, the grandeur and bombastic language also seems fitting for something less sinister, like an even worse version of MS Recall maybe? Combined with, let's say... agents!

      That's it! You Personal Computer is your agent and not only may act on your behalf, it also communicates your preferences and intentions.

      Futuristic, right?

  • aaronbrethorst 50 minutes ago
    Oh no, April Fool's Day is going to be tremendously awful this year, isn't it
  • jkestner 18 minutes ago
    Sneaky use of an almost Garamond, but the copy ain't Chiat\Day.
  • QQ00 19 minutes ago
    Openclaw + Microsoft Recall = Personal computer by perplexity. At least this is my interpretation from reading that web page.
  • password54321 17 minutes ago
    No moat. If you rely on OpenAI / Google / Anthropic you are doomed.
  • gtowey 1 hour ago
    > There is a kill switch

    ...because this thing will go rogue faster than you can blink.

    I swear, it's like nobody at the company even reads the slop they're generating or thinks about it for any amount of time. In what world is advertising a kill switch as one of its essential features a positive? It's basically admitting from the start that this is unreliable.

  • HumanOstrich 51 minutes ago
    Stop posting AI slop, especially slop pull requests like the one you made to OpenClaw. Learn the first thing about a project you want to monetize and make fake contributions to. For example, OpenClaw is overwhelmed with slop PRs and the author has talked about this a lot.
  • d--b 20 minutes ago
    OH so that's why it's called Perplexity!
  • dakial1 1 hour ago
    So Perplexity's openclaw? Hopefully more secure?