Microsoft CEO wants you to stop calling AI "slop" in 2026
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Key Points:
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasizes that 2026 will be a pivotal year for AI, focusing on its widespread diffusion and real-world impact rather than initial discovery phases.
- Microsoft’s AI integration, led by Copilot powered by ChatGPT, is widespread across its products but faces criticism for being often forced, ineffective, and driving users toward alternatives like Linux.
- Despite Nadella's optimistic view of AI as a "scaffolding" for human potential, skepticism remains due to job cuts, lack of productivity gains, and the technology’s ongoing issues with accuracy and usefulness.
- Nadella acknowledges societal resistance to AI and calls for a new equilibrium in human interaction with AI tools, but critics compare his AI enthusiasm to past overh
