You are surely wondering the interest of bringing the artificial intelligence of OpenAI to such an old operating system. Well, if we put it that way, what’s the point of NVIDIA integrating Ray Tracing into Quake?
In the end, it’s not so much whether or not the implementation makes sense, but rather the development experience. Combining two technologies so far apart in time is not as simple as it seems. Quite the contrary, since the capacities of computing have increased enormously over time.
ChatGPT is now available for… Windows 3.1!
Twitter user DialupDotNet created a ChatGPT Client for Windows 3.1. What you’ve done is write code in C that allows you to use this modern artificial intelligence on a fairly old operating system.
WinGPTwhich is the name he receives, adapt your answers to the capacities of computers of the time. If we ask this chatbot how to share photos with our friends, he gives us three options. The first is to give them physical pictures. As a second option, he tells us that the save to floppy disk and give it to our friends. The last would be create an album.
WinGPT was asked what is the best computer. This AI recommends an IBM compatible computer. As an alternative, he recommends an Apple Mac or Commodore Amiga.
Introducing WinGPT, your AI Assistant chat bot for Windows 3.1. https://t.co/5km2GB3sx9 pic.twitter.com/oyx02ExjtM
—DialupDotNet (@DialupDotNet) June 25, 2023
Obviously, this is not meant to be general, is exploration and look for the integration into other systems. An example of use could be in IoT devices, which have limited memory and computing capacity.
But, WinGPT also claims to be a little meme in this case. We must point out that Microsoft wanna integrate ChatGPT In Windows 11 Soon. Additionally, AI will be at the heart of Windows 12, which is expected to arrive next year.
Microsoft’s idea (announced) is to kill Cortana, the virtual assistant that integrates Windows and that everyone deactivates because quite useless. They want to implement Copilot, which is much more powerful and robust thanks to AI. It is rumored to arrive in the second major Windows 11 update, due in October or November this year.
Using this tool involves risks
As the developer states, using WinGPT is not safe. The reason? Windows 3.1 has been unsupported for decades and the source code was leaked some time ago. This means that there can be a lot of malware exploiting vulnerabilities in this operating system.
It should be noted that almost no one will have a home computer for this operating system. Installing Windows 3.1 is currently not possible, as compatibility is low. What can be done is to emulate it through a virtual machine, thus creating a fairly secure environment.
In the end, it’s nothing more than a “crazy” idea from a developer to try to find the limits of technology. It is also used by the developer to test its capabilities. It’s not something we’re going to use heavily, it’s just fun.
