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Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" (www.windowscentral.com)
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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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[–] 74 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They're completely out of touch with how normal people use their computers. The only people who want AI in their OS are the AI tech bros.

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  • [–] 42 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I was taking my kids to the dentist yesterday and was listening to the radio with them.

    It's anecdotal and a small sample size but the only people talking about AI are journalists and money men.

    I work in IT and the consensus is it is a valuable tool but it really isn't taking anyone's job.

    For my kids and those their age and younger (15) the consensus is AI can fuck off and it's responsible for polluting their social media with crap.

    Tl;Dr - the only people pushing AI are the money men and the policy makers. No one wants this.

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I’m a young millenial and I definitely know people using ChatGPT. They shouldn’t be, but they are.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Biggest innovation since 3D TV.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Excuse me, but are we forgetting about the miracle of e-ink?☝️😌

    /s

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    e-ink is a wonderful thing. But, it's really only useful for e-readers and maybe price displays in stores. It has a frame rate in seconds-per-frame rather than frames-per-second. That's fine if what you're looking at is pretty static, but for general purpose displays it's pretty useless. But man, it is just great for e-readers.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I'd more like put color e-ink into that category - as gimicky and half-baked technology building on a more established one (e-ink is doing quite well with readers, low-power displays, etc.)

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    People desired Cortana in their devices.
    Until they found out what it is being made out of.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    I've literally never heard of someone "asking for" Cortana outside of the C-suite at Microsoft.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago

    Mostly Mass Effect fans back then, I suppose.

    I myself considered the idea kinda fun, with the cool graphics it was portrayed with, in the game trailers.
    Even though I never ended up playing the game, that was probably one of the things that caused me to give a try to Google Assistant for a few hours, before I realised how it just wasn't worth it.

    And now they've got stuff with extremely high price/performance ratio, expecting people to find it desirable just because it is "fluent".
    I have enough experience listening to people who fluently speak information that they understand nothing of and don't need a machine to do the same, just because it has a bigger dump of information and lower rational capabilities.

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  • [–] -4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Nope.

    You must be talking with different "tech bros".

    Or I'm misinterpreting what you mean by "tech bros".

    Loud recoil and push-back from "tech bros" from where I'm at.

    Free as in freedom.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tech+bro

    If you're hanging out with what most call a tech bro, I'm kind of impressed bit still don't really care for what you say.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Ah, right. Thanks. Very different beast to the tech enthusiasts I was thinking of.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Nobody knows everyone else's definition of everything. Many might call the people you know tech enthusiasts or tech heads or something else. No big deal.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Yup.

    Geeks, nerds, FOSSers are my peeps.

    Where critical thinking's the norm, in high demand, and a necessity for what we do.

    E.g, as per:

    https://diaspora-fr.org/camo/5c0b331cd4cfcba0a2a1de908138fb680e19eccc/68747470733a2f2f64696173706f7261736f6369616c2e6e65742f75706c6f6164732f696d616765732f7363616c65645f66756c6c5f36613861343964636133366635336132643037662e77656270

    [Ack! Why am I not geek enough to get a proper image url for that today tho? Oh the irony!]

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    And this is why Digit wanted a clarification. Let's make a quick split between "Tech Bro" and Technology Enthusiast.

    I'd maybe label myself a "tech guy", and forego the "bro", but I could see other people calling me a "tech bro". I like following tech trends and innovations, and I'm often a leading adopter of things I'm interested in if not bleeding edge. I like talking about tech trends and will dive into subjects I know. I'll be quick to point out how machine learning can be used in certain circumstances, but am loudly against "AI"/LLMs being shoved into everything. I'm not the CEO or similar of a startup.

    Your specific and linked definition requires low critical thinking skills, big ego and access to "too much" money. That doesn't describe me and probably doesn't describe Digit's network.

    Their whole point seemed to be that the tech-aware people in their sphere are antagonistic to the idea of "AI" being added to everything. That doesn't deserve derision.

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