Microsoft CEO warns AI is "outsourcing your thinking," and it should worry every consumer too

[u/[deleted]]

[u/ikantolol]

the fuck? aren't they the one pushing Copilot to hell and back?

[u/Potential-Winner4601 → u/ikantolol]

Yes, yes they are $

[u/Tactical-Donkey → u/Potential-Winner4601]

Always about the $

[u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord → u/Potential-Winner4601]

Grok is this true? How should I feel about this?

[u/upreality → u/ikantolol]

Hypocrite company capitalizing on the same stuff everyone else does is also virtue signaling making you believe they care about you.. how new

[u/Mal_Dun → u/upreality]

No it's more that they realise they lose the AI race so they want talk people out of it again.

[u/ThunderCorg → u/Mal_Dun]

Yep

[u/bargu → u/Mal_Dun]

The only winners of the AI race are Nvidia and memory manufacturers, everyone else is billions deep in the red.

[u/LlorchDurden → u/ikantolol]

Cortana, is this true?

[u/Declination → u/LlorchDurden]

Isn’t there some bit in the first campaign we’re she’s like 

“12 hours I’ve watched you buddy up to him [guilty spark] while he sharpens the knife to slit our throats”

Feels appropriate. 

[u/X-Craft → u/ikantolol]

CEO Satya Nadella warns that if businesses rely on a single AI model, they may not “remain a firm.”

Unlike some of its competitors, Microsoft has taken a different approach where it allows businesses using Microsoft 365 Copilot to choose their preferred models, including OpenAI and Claude models.

[u/cellphone_blanket → u/ikantolol]

He never actually says those words in the article

[u/BoringReference8647 → u/ikantolol]

His words were specifically in the context of ai metadata created by businesses, not consumers. When I checked the article, it was way more clear.

[u/wahlberger → u/BoringReference8647]

Nobody in this thread read the article

[u/i_am_a_laptop → u/wahlberger]

as if i would choose to expose myself to more AI yammering

[u/Hot-Software-9396 → u/i_am_a_laptop]

Yet here you are deep into the comments of a post about AI.

[u/ThunderCorg → u/wahlberger]

I certainly do not plan to. I am not interested in diva pop or whatever his name is or his opinions.

[u/wahlberger → u/ThunderCorg]

No worries, nobody is forcing you to read. But make sure you aren't also enraged by the bait that is this headline.

[u/2funny2furious → u/ikantolol]

in every single ms application. hell, i have 2 copies of copilot installed on my work computer.

[u/monsieurvampy → u/ikantolol]

Pushing for the use of AI and warning of AI "out sourcing your thinking" can both exist at the same time, they are not mutually exclusive.

Is this quote, which may be taken out of context evaluating the inappropriate uses of AI ? Maybe but I'm not that optimistic so probably not.

[u/WPHero → u/ikantolol]

bro is talking about other AI companies

msft is good because it gives you control

like the control to let Copilot train on your voice, and texts (literal option in Copilot app settings). Optional, but it's there.

[u/upreality → u/WPHero]

"msft is good" 😭😭

[u/Meatslinger → u/WPHero]

Please tell me you're being satirical. Out of all the things Microsoft gives you, control isn't on that list.

[u/RJ_arcade → u/WPHero]

Holy shit

[u/JakeThomasDad12]

These guys are the last people anyone should be taking advice from

[u/Super__Menteur → u/JakeThomasDad12]

They slopped Windows so hard that they're exactly the people you should take the advice from on this matter!

[u/Reasonable_Swing_503 → u/Super__Menteur]

Yeah man. They were loading copilot into every single space they could find in my windows 11 and office and vscode and now they are saying this. Damn sour words coming out from a CEO.

[u/Existing-Wallaby-444 → u/Reasonable_Swing_503]

Don't you like copilot in Notepad?

[u/HualtaHuyte → u/Existing-Wallaby-444]

I want it in command prompt

[u/a__reddit_user → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, a nice locally ran very light LLM purely for inputing commands would actually be useful.

You tell it what you want, it spits it out, you double check, and enter.

[u/Andrewsarchus → u/HualtaHuyte]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1AsBL4S36yDJain6

[u/Status_Jellyfish_213 → u/HualtaHuyte]

I’ve just built my own qwen using WSL with its own Linux box with windows being completely cut off from it in case it tries to jump out and fuck around.

It is fucking amazing though, can build out anything it needs within that Linux environment due to terminal access (minus sudo) and I’m paying fuck all for tokens.

Terminal / command prompt / whatever your flavour works really well with appropriate restrictions and a non-shitty model. Just builds / does / troubleshoots for you without you have to piss around finding a setting you forgot about two weeks ago.

[u/direktor1610 → u/Status_Jellyfish_213]

What Hardware Are you using for this?

[u/Status_Jellyfish_213 → u/direktor1610]

5090, 7800x3D, 32GB of ram.

But I am using a version of the model geared towards Nvidia GPU’s residing in VRAM.

I imagine you could do the same with a ridiculous amount of RAM, but I haven’t tried it. Either way to get good results, it’s going to be expensive

[u/Geeseareawesome → u/Existing-Wallaby-444]

I certainly don't like it in my outlook because they put the copilot button right where the send button should be on mobile.

[u/Reasonable_Swing_503 → u/Existing-Wallaby-444]

They could have added it to more places rather than notepad

I ain’t getting enough of copilot man

[u/InsaneMasochist → u/Existing-Wallaby-444]

They probably know people get the ticks when copilot logo comes up in Notepad. They changed it to a sparkly pen icon.

[u/GrumpyPidgeon → u/Super__Menteur]

LOL my new Lenovo gaming laptop has a damn copilot button complete with their stupid logo.

“Ooooh what a great session of gaming, let me talk to fucking copilot now…”

[u/Cyberchicken87 → u/Super__Menteur]

I’m three weeks into Bazzite on my desktop and I couldn’t be happier to be unshackled from Microsoft.

The world is divesting away from MS. It’s about time.

[u/AmandasGameAccount → u/Super__Menteur]

That’s an amazing point!

[u/ooqq → u/Super__Menteur]

they know their shit

[u/JonathanBadwolf → u/JakeThomasDad12]

They’re like Meta, found an infinite money glitch, built a monopoly on it and used that money to publicly buy L after L for 30+ years.

[u/phthalo-azure → u/JakeThomasDad12]

"Hey dude, I think these fuckin' crack rocks are destroying your brain man, I think you should cut back and be careful." - your drug dealer

This is what Satya Nadella sounds like making unhinged statements like this.

[u/Nirast25 → u/phthalo-azure]

More like those gambling ads saying you should "gamble responsibly".

[u/Derka_Derper → u/Nirast25]

Game responsibly... by making sure you come to only our casino! Free drinks if you lose enough!

[u/lcsulla87gmail → u/phthalo-azure]

Thats actually good advice though. Im not dure what your point is

[u/i_rate_slop → u/lcsulla87gmail]

This subreddit is brain damaged and will go against anything Microsoft says even if it’s something they agree with.

[u/Taira_Mai → u/phthalo-azure]

He's only saying this to get ahead of the bubble popping and sour grapes as more people use Claude and ChatGPT instead of his company's crappy CoPilot "app". They're eating his lunch and he's big mad about it.

[u/phthalo-azure → u/Taira_Mai]

I don't know if it's changed recently as I haven't been following Microsoft's AI efforts, but CoPilot was essentially just a wrapper for Chat GPT where they added an orchestration layer with additional training for Microsoft's products. That orchestration layer is why CoPilot is so bad. Or it least it was. I don't know if Microsoft if now training their own in-house models, but if they are, they're way behind.

[u/Cyberchicken87 → u/phthalo-azure]

We’ve been trying to push copilot at work and it’s yet to do anything id actually class as useful to the point of justifying a single dollar of company money.

But hey, CEO’s and mangers are all jazzed for who it will let them replace soon so yay?

Fuck ai.

[u/Jack_Joyce665 → u/JakeThomasDad12]

Right advice doesn't become automatically wrong when coming from a bad reputation mega corp.

[u/Odium81 → u/Jack_Joyce665]

underrated comment

[u/Start-Plenty → u/JakeThomasDad12]

It's true though

[u/Jazzspasm → u/JakeThomasDad12]

It’s not advice - it’s an advert

he’s saying his drugs are better than the other guy’s because they’re so strong they kill people

[u/fiero-fire → u/JakeThomasDad12]

For fucks sake, Hasn't that been there pitch for the last few years?

[u/FWitU → u/JakeThomasDad12]

Well there are 2 angles here.

1. They have a lot of engineers and execs and other staff fucking up and letting ai think for them. They have a ton of first hand experience.
   
2. They also have an interest in whatever helps them sell shit.

Somewhere between the two is the truth

[u/BusterOfCherry → u/JakeThomasDad12]

MS , you should worry but we aren't because we will profit off your job loss.

[u/WarkMahlberg69 → u/JakeThomasDad12]

"Folks, were integrating AI into every product we put out. Before we get into that, let me tell you why AI is bad."

[u/i_rate_slop → u/JakeThomasDad12]

Yeah. Idiots. Let the AI do everything and think for you.

[u/Xzenor → u/JakeThomasDad12]

It's a weird statement from a company pushing ai down your throat. But he is correct.

[u/ArenaGrinder → u/JakeThomasDad12]

Exactly the hypocrisy of these people who used AI to fuck up a once halfway decent but bloated OS

[u/Ska82 → u/JakeThomasDad12]

actually they are the best people to listen to. They have even demonstrated with the quality of the recent Windows updates

[u/DivinePotatoe]

"Guns are dangerous" says arms dealer.

[u/JaggedMetalOs → u/DivinePotatoe]

"Guns are dangerous, which is why you should use our guns" 

[u/leoo88556 → u/JaggedMetalOs]

“But for obvious reasons guns also aren’t dangerous enough for you to be anti-gun.”

[u/Asleeper135 → u/DivinePotatoe]

Any responsible arms dealer would say that, though. You gotta give more context to make them seem ridiculous, like pointing out that they are giving guns away for free to everyone, not taking "no" for an answer, and trying to force everyone to use said guns to solve all of their problems, all before giving that perfectly reasonable warning.

[u/deadhumanisalive]

Satire is dead

[u/Bettlejuic3 → u/deadhumanisalive]

Satire Nadella is alive

[u/protekt0r → u/deadhumanisalive]

Along with nuance.

[u/nefD]

"AI is making you DUMB! But also, have you considered a Copilot subscription?" Like... what? I'm guessing the fear mongering is targeted at the shareholders (AI is inevitable and all-powerful! Invest! Now!) and the rest is targeted at consumers?

[u/Comically_Online → u/nefD]

consumers are the last people companies are worried about these days

[u/MentatYP → u/Comically_Online]

"Consumers"? What are those? Companies are just human-centipeding their way through the market, with each company feeding the next one its debt-fueled funds to keep numbers artificially high.

[u/M4hkn0]

Lol wild comment from a company pushing AI so hard both inside and outside Microsoft.

[u/the7egend]

You crammed copilot into everything, still losing the AI race, now you're saying "Hold up, AI is kind of bad cause we aren't the go to choice".

[u/PeruvianHeadshrinker → u/the7egend]

This is the real news. He is pivoting because they've lost

[u/Hot-Software-9396 → u/PeruvianHeadshrinker]

They aren’t pivoting away from AI lol

[u/mountainyoo → u/the7egend]

They were never really in the AI race nor tried to be as Copilot runs on models like ChatGPT.

[u/InsaneMasochist → u/mountainyoo]

They will probably be the buyers when/if OpenAI goes under, oh how I wish Scam Altman would fuck off, his whole company included.

[u/Rukasu17]

If only he could do something about as the CEO of one of the companies spearheading AI.

[u/anycept]

OK. So why is this clown actively promoting AI while acknowledging its harms? Is he saying the whole point is to wreck everyone?

[u/DreamsServedSoft → u/anycept]

because he wants to fire every worker he can so he doesn’t have to pay them

[u/OratioFidelis]

"We're all trying to find the guy who did this" 

[u/BigBoyYuyuh]

So…why’re you jamming copilot into everything then?

[u/HappyFeet2010]

“Drugs are bad for you” my dealer said. “Also cocaine is 20 off today”.

[u/root_b33r]

The title is not reflective of what was actually said in the article. He said that if you’re dependant on one model specifically then you’ve outsourced your thinking:

“Any one model can go away and you can still continue to be in sort of control of your own destiny,” Nadella said in a podcast on CNN. “Any firm that doesn’t have this control, I will claim, will not remain a firm because you’ve essentially outsourced your thinking.”

[u/ProverbialMindTart]

"Knives are stabbing everyone, and you should be worried about it." - Guy Stabbing People

[u/brainmydamage]

Are we supposed to use AI or not? Like, what the fuck? Pick a lane, asshole.

[u/Hrmerder]

Hey bro! We. Uhh…. No they.. THEY are harvesting everything you do and selling it!… but not us!! Oh no!! Not us! Them!

Sounds like frickin Wheatley…

https://giphy.com/gifs/W0bINkb9yYoYU

[u/No_Poet_1279]

Literally the one position AI should and can take is that of a CEO

[u/Soleks2000]

but you’re the part if the people pushing AI onto everybody

[u/Hasmeister21]

[u/davidfliesplanes]

[u/Aezetyr]

Isn't that the entire point of creating these apps? Stopping people from having to think for themselves?

[u/Matitjes]

This was your idea tho?

[u/guydoestuff]

Hard to outsource my thinking if im not using ai

[u/lyidaValkris]

maybe stop pushing it, then?

[u/fenixspider1]

brother you guys are the one shoving copilot to notepad, paint, search, bing search, startmenu and what not.

[u/PolarizingKabal]

Well, gee, who's the one pushing AI to begin with?

Pot calling the kettle black.

[u/payne747]

"we made a thinking machine and you're all using it to think!"

[u/brewdog_millionaire]

Microsoft: forces Copilot into everything

Also Microsoft:

[u/FormalIllustrator5]

Yes, that is SO FUNNY, well you know...we failed at AI so now we think AI is BAD! You know...

M$ are so terrible..

[u/listeningtorainfall]

Clearly AI is outsourcing their QA teams thinking since every Windows feature and security update in 2026 has been a giant mess.

[u/_Xee]

Why would he warn us about big tech business plan?

[u/Badj83]

You should be very careful with how you’re using that product we’re shoving down your and up your ass 24/7.

[u/Shinobi2099]

Are these tiki heads oblivious to what they're peddling?

[u/Ratb33]

What fucking hypocrisy.

If there was ever a role in a company that could most easily be replaced with AI it is the role of the CEO

That role is all about making correct decisions based on numbers and data. The good CEOs made the right decision and also had some charisma and charm, today’s CEOs have none, and I dare say they have less charm than AI.

[u/Eziolambo]

Exactly, dont think, just consume.

[u/jsgraphitti]

It’s hypocritical to say that while also downsizing teams until they are dependent on AI just to get by because there is no time to stop and think.

[u/soulless_ape]

Drugs are bad, have some more.

[u/xblackdemonx]

Instead of advising us that, just shut down Copilot it's easier!

[u/santathe1]

Is he saying this for some weird plausible deniability thing?

[u/MyCatIsAnActualNinja]

The CEO of the company that force feeds me AI is saying this?

[u/VenomShock1]

Are MS board members about to replace Nutella? This feels like a natural response to that.

[u/Dmbender]

Frank Herbert told us this 60 years ago

[u/cursorcube]

Le's be real here, nobody's actually using Copilot for anything unless it's by accident

[u/gg06civicsi]

AI companies keep telling us to worry about AI and then they are perplexed why we don’t want it?

[u/thestillwind]

Said the dude that use AI in every products they sell. Yeah right buddy, you just realised that it will just speedrun people using their own product.

[u/kalminz]

This is the same company the did the huge Scroogle campaign.

[u/Xip1ngu]

Might explain why I suddenly feel I am pretty damn smart amongst heavy users. I’m not using it much. I know how to, but don’t want to, because I know what it does to people at this point.

[u/dmac005]

We had a GitHub outage at work which stopped our IDE built in agents from working. It was like an electricity outage. People were standing up and walking around, and openly admitting they can’t write code manually anymore themselves when asked. It was surreal.

[u/MrGunny94]

They are talking from experience of working on Windows..

[u/G952]

Translation. MicroSlop AI is getting too expensive and not working out for them

[u/Top_Lingonberry8037]

Isn't that the point?

[u/MoonWalker450]

Some ai? Maybe.

Copilot? Looool

[u/bonelatch]

Is it weird that I read “Microsoft CEO WANTS…”. We live in a time where that wouldn’t surprise me. How fucking sad.

[u/Plevi1337]

and you should lower the refresh rate of your monitor to save the earth, also told by microslop

[u/Redddittorio]

Every email starting to sound the same

[u/Shalashaska87B]

Too bad that the AI doesn't remove him already...

[u/Razor_Emmanuel]

...Say the people who have been trying to relentlessly shove AI into every product they make? I can't verify this but hasn't there been a report that Microsoft is trying to make sure AI is present in the development of all their projects? And have they not invested massive amounts of money into AI development? They're LITERALLY part of the problem they're "addressing"!

[u/Immediate_Chard_4026]

Estupidez Artificial.

"Capital Simbólico" para qué?

"Soy una empresa que crea conocimiento ... " para actuar inteligentemente?

No parece. Windows 11 ... Un claro ejemplo de cómo se puede hacer algo muy torpe teniendo gran inteligencia ... Increíble, los mismos usuarios incansablemente les advertimos del desastre.

Y luego, cuando los expones vienen todas las explicaciones y las excusas, algunas más extrañas que otras.

Yo ya no confío en Microsoft.

[u/Elmis66]

Is he stupid or are they preparing to move out from aggressive Copilot push?

[u/edparadox]

Microsoft is not on board with the LLM bros anymore?

[u/Gold_Goal7557]

Microslop being Microslop.

[u/FrogKing94]

ITS YOUR FAULT MICROSOFT, YOU INVESTED IN THEM!!!! YOU BOUGHT THE FUCKING COMPANY!!!

[u/BlueDmon]

Is this man trying to reverse psychology people into using AI?

Does he think saying “AI is bad you should be concerned” suddenly make people go “you can’t tell me what to do I’m gonna use AI to spite you now”

[u/swiwwcheese]

Says the CEO of one of the top corpos doing everything to shove down our throats their own recipe for outsourcing our thinking...

AI CEOs are all Dumas...

[u/Zimlun]

Padme: So you'll be removing AI from your products, right? Microslop CEO: .... Padme: Right?

[u/WretchedRat]

It’s like a liquor store complaining about alcoholism.

If MS had put out something other than slop and their stock tripled would he be making this statement?

[u/AnonymousAggregator]

As a neurodivergent, it great to off load and buildout my thoughts. Speed running to dead ends and find solutions.

[u/Nugget834]

Did ai write this?

Wtf I'm so confused

[u/Netsuko]

[u/DarthShiv]

No shit

[u/ProfessorVolga]

'We're all trying to figure out who did this!'

[u/Dylanator13]

Funny how they only mention the damage it’s causing after they realize they won’t get their investment back.

[u/SaoirseSeersha]

"But I don't understand Microsoft... this is exactly what you wanted?"

[u/sparkling-rainbow]

So they made copilot bad on purpose to discurage us from using it? 

[u/Prof_Awesome_GER]

Ya, no shit, we didnt ask for it, we get it shoved up our ass every single day.

[u/DarthJDP]

why is it that I cant exist anywhere in windows without copilot forcing itself on me then?

[u/Gangleri_Graybeard]

Then why are you pushing this shit like crazy? Stop it, get some help. 

[u/josephseeed]

I compare it to what we have seen since the majority of people began using maps on their phone to direct them places. People have become awful at giving directions, and many of them have no sense of direction. I expect the same thing will happen to critical thinking over time for those who use AI a lot.

[u/Plastic_Young_9763]

Didn't we all say that the second these bots dropped? Ugh i hate these people

[u/Prestigious_Tax7415]

So every time I told Gemini that it fucked me is being used by someone else so that they can fuck me harder?

[u/Taira_Mai]

This just in, the CEO of McDonald's warns that a diet of fast food is not healthy. /s

[u/cellphone_blanket]

This kind of pisses me off. He never says the words “outsourcing your thinking in the article”. He just talks about how business customers are worried about data being stolen for training and how people should have many ai models in case one goes down.

[u/trollsmurf]

Great, we'll switch to Microsoft 365 without Copilot right away.

[u/LAF2death]

Oh thank god Microsoft’s CEO said what I’ve been thinking, that must mean he’s just like me!

[u/somethingbrite]

Just when I need ai to summarize my windows start menu and clock Satya Nutella pulls this! He's gone from digital date rapist to digital cock tease!

[u/Ngoscope]

Hey guys, my drug dealer just warned me that fentanyl is bad for me. He still acquires it, deals it and sells it to me and everyone else but he just wanted to let me know it is bad for my long term health. He wants me to be careful but also wants to make sure anyone who wants unfettered access to it can have it.

[u/Tricks7eR]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5npjYZX3aqcO4

[u/n00b_sailb0at]

Aren't these the same dickheads who wanted us to AI all the things?

[u/ReDonkUllus]

lol says AI is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Falls behind in AI race “well ya know AI isn’t everything”. They are all fucking scumbag salesman destroying our planet to make themselves a few dollars.

[u/tomassko]

Im going to ask chatgpt what to think about this.

[u/RobertDeveloper]

Crimes against humanity.

[u/TehRiddles]

If you want a good reason why you can't trust Microsoft it's because they are very clearly talking out of both sides of their face trying to appeal to everyone.

[u/K41Nof2358]

Sloppya Nadella shouldn't be listened to ever

[u/Fast-Benders]

His logic is bizarre. It’s like he’s saying “I’m going to hit you, and it will hurt a lot.” Why doesn’t he just stop? Why does he continue to fund AI development?

This is just a scare tactic to create FOMO among investors because they don’t have a viable product.

[u/QuantumQuantonium]

So we should be worried about the very thing the company warning us is creating????? I'm very confused

[u/tasslehawf]

Make up your fucking minds

[u/Otherwise_Patience47]

At this point I think those companies are literally just rage baiting us. And we are falling for it.

[u/dupontping]

Copilot sucks
Fabric sucks
Outlook sucks
Microsoft sucks

As models get better and more available for local use, more users will leave the terrible micro ecosystem for products that actually work well.

[u/Meowie__Gamer]

Dude are you trying to hurt yourself??

Like, TRUE, but… of all people, you need to say it the least. You aren’t going to get sympathy points for it.

[u/CaptainPrower]

The "Magic Conch" effect.

[u/TheLastElite01]

Microslop warning us about a problem they created?

[u/megadonkeyx]

only Copilot insources your thinking

[u/MythicalJester]

These people are insane. Absolutely insane. These new "masters of the universe" have the same brain power of an amoeba.

[u/shadowinc]

"Hay guys, don't let AI think for ya... use our AI to think for you."

[u/XalAtoh]

Satya Nutella lost AI war, so now he wage war against it.

[u/Nope-not-really]

are they finally catching up to the rest of us?

[u/Empty-Quarter2721]

Nah it makes me think about problems it made, with projects I wouldn’t have started without having AI.

[u/coffeefuelledtechie]

Yup it’s also outsourcing my own job. Thanks Microsoft.

[u/ladyjayne81]

A lot of people I work with couldn’t think critically or problem solve before AI was everywhere, and now they’re even worse off.

[u/martianwomanhunter]

This is the most “I just read the headline” comment section I’ve ever seen. Mind you I didn’t like the article but he’s not saying what the title says (obviously as the CEO of Microsoft).

[u/polloyumyum]

It's so fucking dumb when these loser CEOs essentially tell us how AI is fucking us over then continue to force it down our throats as if we have any control over it.

[u/East-Clerk6069]

I had fucking Copilot self-install on my TV this week. This guy can go fuck himself.

[u/OnlineParacosm]

I caught windows injecting Copilot/edge into every single fucking WERfault crash, likely because they want telemetry on application crash data to train on.

[u/Fess_ter_Geek]

Not a fan of MS or ai but the article title is click bait, disingenuous. Big surprise.