If the tools were as useful as MS claimed, they wouldn't need to force people to use them.
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So basically, they are saying "we invested a fuck ton of money into this so you better fucking use it."
That's good. The more Microsoft boycotts itself, the more people shift to Linux.
Using AI tools sometimes makes sense, sometimes it doesn't. And by forcing the usage of a tool that won't necessarily help, MS is only adding more meaningless busywork to its own development, like sand in an engine.
They’re going to end up in “the only tool we have is a hammer” territory soon.
Did this Microsoft tactic ever work in their favour? Forcing people to use things they don't like? Internet Explorer, Edge, Bing Search, AI and so on. I think it's not a long-term success story. Also, why focus on tool usage instead of actual goals.
Bing is used more than people think. It's also used by sites like DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Swisscows, etc.
As for why: They want them to train their own replacement. Also as a way to justify all the money they spent.
More ~~blood~~ data for the ~~blood~~ data god.
Nulls for the null throne
i work on a lot of scala, my company suggests everyone should use copilot. i don't think anyone in positions of power realize how dependant on humans ai is
I live in Seattle. Got a bunch of friends at Amazon. This is their policy as well; "use AI to do your work." It's not a mandatory thing there...yet, but it's there.
Absolutely a modeling and collection tool for them.
i heard from a reliable source people were put on pip at Amazon for solving problems but not using enough ai