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Microsoft's AI CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, has shared his opinion after recent pushback from users online that are becoming frustrated with Copilot and AI on Windows. In a post on X, Suleyman says he's mind blown by the fact that people are unimpressed with the ability to talk fluently with an AI computer.

His post comes after Windows president Pavan Davuluri was recently met with major backlash from users online for posting about Windows evolving into an agentic OS. His post was so negatively received that he was forced to turn off replies, though Davuluri did later respond to reassure customers that the company was aware of the feedback.

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[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I dunno if I'd say I'm "unimpressed" with AI. I certainly find the technology itself fascinating. I worked with machine learning for years before consumer generative AI became mainstream and it's profoundly impressive what decades of research and development have yielded. I genuinely do admire the painstaking work that underappreciated computer scientists have put in to make such things possible.

That said, "AI" is the new "blockchain" insofar as virtually every company on the S&P 500 has decided this is the new be-all-end-all feature that must be integrated into every aspect of every project. I don't need AI to be part of my OS. I will open a new tab in my web browser if I decide I have a task for it. Granted, I am not a representative sample of a typical computer user (I use GNU/Linux btw).

To say nothing of the unethical manner in which these models are trained, using works produced by actual writers, artists, programmers, etc. Obviously profiting from their works while offering zero compensation (and actively taking work away from them by offering AI as an alternative to their craft).

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It's impressive, just not particularly useful, and certainly not something most people consider a priority.

Windows still takes forever to delete files, has a search indexer that makes laptops too hot to touch, steals focus while you're typing in a password, takes much longer than Linux to open a web browser, turns apps white and "Not responding" for no apparent reason, has an ugly and slow Start menu that doesn't foreground the things you want, pops up needless crap like stock tickers and news stories while you're trying to get on with other things, sneakily turns on settings you deliberately turned off, and hassles you continually to agree to things you already said no to. And it spies on you.

Microsoft, if you're looking to please users, those are all higher priorities for real users than any AI. But you're not looking to please users, are you? Because Windows is for Microsoft, not for users.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I must be ceo material. I use this same type of argument when my partners seem unimpressed with my sexual performance.

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[–] Prox@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago

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[–] vane@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

CEO, Microsoft AI
Microsoft · Full-time
Mar 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos
Redmond, Washington, United States

but also

spoiler

The Economist logo
Non Executive Director
The Economist · Full-time
Jun 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos
Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

a fucking newspaper guy, why they write about AI so much, you think ?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If he thinks the reaction was people not being impressed then it shows that CEOs are psychopaths who can’t relate to normal people.

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[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Same energy as when they pushed Kinect and Cortana as the future of computers.

"You WILL like my AI. Why don't you like my AI? mmMOOOOMM!!!"

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 30 points 1 day ago

"Why don't people like our user surveillance systems? they're so impressively good at invading your privacy!"

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 22 points 1 day ago

"I have a radical business strategy: Fuck our customers, and fuck what they want. It's going to be great. They'll love it. Or else."

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Doesn't understand the company's customers at all, sounds like maybe he's not cut out to be CEO. Also, yeah, I'm not impressed by your agentic BS that your own company is already warning may install malware.

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[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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