Microsoft exec finds AI cynicism 'mindblowing'

Opinion In a tweet lamenting all the "cynics" unmoved by AI, Microsoft AI boss Mustafa Suleyman demonstrated that Redmond's Reality Distortion Field is running at full power.

Suleyman took a break from the Copilot company's San Francisco Ignite shindig to exclaim "Jeez there so many cynics!" and calling it "mindblowing" that people are unimpressed with AI.

Suleyman's tweet came after Microsoft posted: "Copilot finishing your code before you finish your coffee."

Both statements demonstrated how horrendously disconnected the Copilot company is from its users. AI is undoubtedly impressive technology. Setting aside Elon Musk's rather sad application, the advances in artificial intelligence have been jaw-dropping. Pattern identification, for example, has been a boon to science.

However, being impressed by AI should not be confused with a desire to shoehorn it into every product and service. Microsoft's Ignite event is a perfect illustration of this. Whether a ...