Microsoft Office 97 Predicted AI

Text on the meme

OMG EVERYONE MICROSOFT OFFICE 97 HAS PREDICTED THE FUTURE KNOWN AS AI!!! 😱😱🤯🤯🤯 IT HAS A OFFICE ASSISTANT NAMED CLIPPY THAT IS WILLING ME TO HELP ME OUT ON CREATING MY POWERPOINT PRESENTATION!!! 😍😍😍 GONNA TRY OUT THIS OUT, I SURE HOPE THE RESULT COMES OUT GREAT !! ✅✅✅ Office Assistant Would you like help with this feature? Yes, please provide help Don't provide help now

What it means

A mock-excited caption celebrates Microsoft Office 97 and its Clippy assistant as if they had already invented modern AI. The joke comes from treating the old, notoriously unhelpful PowerPoint assistant as futuristic technology, while the screenshot shows the dated AutoContent Wizard and Office Assistant dialog. It is used as a sarcastic reaction to claims that an old product or technology predicted the future.

Who

Clippy — Microsoft Office Assistant

Objects

old desktop computer interface / интерфейс старого компьютера Microsoft PowerPoint window / окно Microsoft PowerPoint Office Assistant dialog box / диалоговое окно Office Assistant Clippy paperclip mascot / маскот-скрепка Клиппи AutoContent Wizard / мастер автосодержания PowerPoint presentation / презентация PowerPoint emojis / эмодзи black background / чёрный фон green check marks / зелёные галочки gray software toolbar / серая панель инструментов