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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    Talentless hack and way out of his depth grifter who knows the position he has reached and the money he makes in it is really just supported by cultivated connections and his bullshiting ability, rather than any superior strategical capabilities, when the business “strategy” he chose as CEO merelly because “everybody else is doing it” starts to be perceived as not just broken but a bit of a shit show, keeps on trying to push the impression that, actually, he’s just a misunderstood visionary and it’s others that don’t yet recognize how wonderful the direction he chose for the company is.

    By using such arguments, maybe once again he’ll “fake it until you make it” his way into success (after all, that’s how he became MS’ CEO in the first place) or, at worst, it will extend how long he can keep on getting paid the big bucks for nothing more than being a lucky bullshitter with the right connections.

    I’ve been in Tech on and off since the 90s, including in Tech Startups, and nowadays “leaders” in it are pretty much all grifters, not techies with a vision.

    I’ve been reading the posts here and most people are coming from a “decent honest person trying to do his jobs as well as possible” point of view in their reading of the guy (probably because that’s the kind of person they are) and thus giving this guy the benefit of the doubt, whilst from what I’ve seen in that world this guy is almost certainly a talentless hack at anything other than grifting and who, lacking any above average strategical thinking abilities, went for the “everybody else is doing it” strategy which is now blowing up, so of course he’ll use typical grifter skills to try and dig his way out of that hole or, at least, stave off the innevitable end of getting big fat $$$ for holding a position he’s not actually competent at.

    The guy is gaslighting because he’s a grifter not a strategist and the “it’s others, not me” line of argument is a common “defend & delay” tool in a grifter’s toolbox.

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    I don’t want anything to do with AI. I disabled it everywhere. Yet, you keep shoving it down my throat. The more you do that, the less I want to interact with it. Toss more AI on me, and I’ll look to disable it.

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    I couldnt give a flying fuck what this clown thinks. My brand new Beelink EQ14 came with Win11. Its now running Ubuntu server

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    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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      His customers are corporations. The public are just the rubes providing the gristle for AI

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    It’s time for me to build a new gaming pc. With the current cost and this…(keeping in mind I’m no computerologist) I may just get the Steam Machine.

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    His post was so negatively received that he was forced to turn off replies

    Wait, what? How was he forced? He literally couldn’t take that people don’t like his product? He would have died if he didn’t do it?

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    These companies are monopolistic dynasties. They set the precedent and shove it down our throats until the next generation, which doesn’t know a world prior to the slop they’ve sold us. They have a captive market in waiting, and the finances to survive until then.

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    Of course, tech CEOs are just gaslighting us to get those last AI bubble dollars. But there can be a legitimate argument made here too.

    It’s a classic trap many software and game developers fall into, where they keep adding more and more features to their product/service. At some point it becomes bloat and nobody uses the new features, but from the dev’s perspective they are improvements. If only corporations ever cared about user feedback and not shareholder feedback.

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    I always wonder if these areas the people’s legit feelings or is this “just for the sake of the show”.

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    “We’ve released this feature which works 80% of the time and which we feel morally obligated to tell you can install malware, or simply send all your files to a malicious actor. Why aren’t you jizzing yourselves?”

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    I was just thinking about this yesterday. AI has not helped me in any way shape or form. I don’t need it, i don’t want it, and it should NOT be forced onto people.

    I grew up teaching myself how to research and use Ask Jeeves, Yahoo!, AOL, and now Google, Duck Duck Go. I don’t need a dumb AI to tell me what i can find myself.