Microsoft AI CEO Says He’s Frustrated and Confused by the Fact that No One Likes AI
This is what happens when you talk to literally any single person outside Silicon Valley.
Published 3 weeks ago in Funny
Like it or not, AI is forcing its way into our lives. For those working in the tech sector, this is a brilliant new innovation. For everyone else, there’s now an annoying popup on your email client asking if you want to “Chat” with your spam folder. No, I really, really don’t!
Consequently, many people have seen the growth of AI not as a boon, but as a thing that they’d rather not have involved in their lives. Silicon Valley is slowly starting to realize this — and instead of reacting like anyone else would (destroying the software with fire), they’ve decided to both double down and throw temper tantrums.
This can be seen in a recent post on X from incredibly-not-mad Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. After a wave of pushback from people complaining about Microsoft Copilot, and an article in The Verge detailing both how much the software sucks and how much Microsoft has lied about it, Suleyman took to social media to share a very “I’m actually laughing, all of this is actually funny to me”-style post.
“Jeez there so many cynics!” he wrote. “It cracks me up when I hear people call AI underwhelming. I grew up playing Snake on a Nokia phone!”
There’s a difference there, buddy — Snake worked!
The post continues by lamenting the fact that people are “unimpressed” with many AI products, dubbing the technology mindblowing. I think I speak for everyone when I say we’re not unimpressed, we’re just annoyed. At least give us the option to turn it off!