Instead of giving terse, succinct messages it was assumed the user was lazy with an iq below 80 and and needed to have friendly, patronizing responses
On the attitude side, software development, developers and management shifted heavily from stodgy “IBM suits” to “renegade / hacker” teams. That shift showed in more than just dress codes, it showed in how software talked in general and in how companies talked to their customers. And more screen real estate, more dynamic software and more dynamic interfaces meant communication could be more verbose. “PC LOAD LETTER” is plenty succinct, and most people hated it.
Could have been, but the opposite happened. Instead of changelogs, one has "bug fixes and performance improvements". Instead of KB686848 and KB7849867 one has "cummulative update"
So yes, I agree somewhat, but I think it's more a corruption of that original ethos by said suits. But I suppose that's true of everything on the internet.
Later, the computer jumps from 30% to nothing. "You might want to plug in your PC."
Then the next morning Copilot appears.
Too many cooks in the kitchen it seems.
But i think the car thing is valid. People driving tired is way more common. iirc, around 20% of car accident happen due to drowsy driving.
So actively suggesting to stop driving is imo the correct thing to do.
driver attention system: irregular behavior - unexpected lane drift (possible driver fatigue or distraction)`
Rather than Consider taking a break
was the norm