Exec argues we need a new metaphor focused on AI as a lever rather than a job killer

Microsoft CEO and head AI peddler Satya Nadella wants you to know that it's time for the next phase of AI acceptance, where we focus on how humans are empowered by tools and agents and how we deploy resources to support this growth.

Amid doubts that revenue from Microsoft Copilot subscriptions and cloud AI services will compensate for data center capital expenditures any time soon, Satya has some incentive to convince customers and investors that AI is a financially intelligent long-term bet.

Thus he has taken up the pen in an act of "thought leadership," to use the marketing jargon of his company's LinkedIn where he announced his post on a new blog entitled "sn scratchpad."

Early in his post Nadella writes, "We have moved past the initial phase of discovery and are entering a phase of widespread diffusion." 

That's fair enough, given that widespread can mean ...