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Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it (www.pcgamer.com)
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Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

in other words please help us, use our AI

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[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 30 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Take away:

  1. MS is well aware AI is useless.
  2. Nadella admits they invested G$ in something without having the slightest clue what its use-cas would be ("something something rEpLaCe HuMaNs")
  3. Nadella is blissfully unaware of the "social" image MS already has in the eye of the public. You don't have our social permission to still live as a company!
[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I have a nagging feeling the general public does not hate Microsoft as much as computer nerds do and so probably overall their image is muddled to not that bad overall.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

I believe Windows 11 and "AI everywhere" are quickly changing that. Gamers started migrating, but I believe the stats showing a growing usage of Linux on desktop as well as resistance to the Win11 migration go beyond the gamers.

But I admit: a survey right now may not yet show it. It's probably trending up slowly.