Technology

Some things are only cool in movies. AI is one of them

If you think you need to blame the people for not being impressed by your product, the problem isn't with the people.

Lay off the coke man, talking to a computer isnt impressive when the average persons hydro bill goes up each month to support your bullshit

The issue that I have with Microsoft's AI, is that I simply don't trust Microsoft to not serve the interests of the 1% against me.

If I am to use an AI, it is with the expectation of privacy and following my intentions.

AI bros are beyond delusional.

As has been said elsewhere about everything Microsoft is pulling:

If your LLM was worth using you wouldn't need to force anyone to use it.

Business Idiots. Ed Zitron wrote a whole thing about how many business leaders are out of touch with users and their own products. They live in their own little pocket dimension with each other, and only really care about shareholders.

Determinism is generally a quality I look for in computers

Its mindblowing to me that this asshole can't smell the bullshit he is spewing.

I can't recall ever liking almost every single comment in a post before, what a fucking rush.

why not just admit you overspent on datacenters, which you cant afford and trying to recoup some of the losses from your other products.

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).

The public's expectations differ from those of professionals. Microsoft seems to be ignoring this fact. By now, there should be two distinct product lines. This is already the case with server architecture. However, it appears that Microsoft's strategy is to alienate its customers and make them hate every update.

Why is our company valued at 4 trillions instead of 10 trillions. Those peaky humans are not buying enough of our shares. /s

Nerds fascinated by their one intellectual trick are like religious people trying to sell their particular fairy tale and getting doors slammed in their faces.

Just go away and shut up and keep that nonsense to yourself.