It's remarkable how unappealing the marketing for "work AI" makes it.
This reminds me of half of Grammerly's adverts that are all "your boss regularly organises past minute meetings at ten to 5 on a Friday, and somehow our AI will help with that."
I dunno ... if I can get paid for 3 hours by "attending" 3 meetings at the same time in the span of one hour, and outsource all the actual attendance to an AI, becuase let's face it, nothing important will be said anyway, then I'm all for it! 💷💶💵💰
Having extra meetings because everyone is paying attention to 3 meetings at once and absorbing 0 info.
Multitasking is BS, and will always make you worse off vs singletasking.
I'd assume the result of being in 3 meetings at once is... being fired, no?
Also nice to see the background messaging from megacorporations being "we know you have to work multiple jobs just to sustain your life, we'll make it so you can do even MORE!"
Is the implication that the AI will handle one or more of those meetings for you? If so, can you imagine how INSULTING it would be to realize you're having a meeting with an AI instead of the actual person you booked the meeting with?
the utterly tone deaf and miserable 'resistance is futile' Copilot ad should have prepared us for this, but unlike the unfeeling machines we continue to find new lows to be brought down to
I do like the idea of not having to actually attend meetings, but rather just send some avatar in my place... Fast-forward a little bit and meetings become just LLMs spamming shit at each other.
Internet is slow here (storms) and it took about 20 seconds for this image to load, during which I was mentally trying to guess which pitcher would be represented. I’m pretty sure I landed on Patrick Corbin??
No, no, wait! You know how there’s usually that choice the MC in romcoms or kid movies makes between being there to see the recital/award ceremony/baseball game/etc. and doing whatever dumb, usually more fun, thing they want to do? Now they don’t have to decide!
My old insurance job told me that while I was on the phone with someone filing their claim I should also be working on my other claims and I told them that is going to lead to a lot of mistakes a pissed off customers. Glad they are bringing that to coworkers
employee: But I didn’t say that!
corporation: But your AI self did. You’re responsible for what you say.
employee: But I didn’t say that!
corporation: But your AI self did. You’re responsible for
Are the meetings all about how great I am at once so I can split my embarrassment between them but also get a lot of attention? If not then I don't need this or want it
Microsoft is the king of this. They once published an ad that started "More of what you love! More multitasking ..." and I didn't get the rest of it because I wanted to die.
Oh yeah, I'm sure bosses will love getting nothing but AI generated responses all day. You know the guys who want everyone back in the office because they are deathly paranoid people aren't working hard enough at home because they aren't within whipping distance.
Additionally at the same time, I can write a report, do a financial presentation and be representative in front of clients.
It is totally fair that my employer requires me to do all of these things simultaneously.
And after I've trained myself to perform all of that, he'll replace me with an AI.
Is this advertising the possibility of earning 3 salaries at once by sending AI replacements to attend meetings at 2 of the jobs? 🤔
Is MS saying they have employees triple booked in meetings who are expected to attend all 3?
🤔
Reminded again of Frigidaire’s “Kitchen of the Future": 'Promises to free up time so ladies can play tennis and go sunbathing. Impressive as these demo's looked, it was all smoke and two-way mirrors.' (They literally faked it all from behind a mirror) www.digitaltrends.com/home/what-th...
I actively have ADHD and accompanying positives/negatives and literally got praised in performance review today for my ability to handle multiple things at once (pure ADHD bullshit) and this ad makes me want to hide in the bathroom for several hours
I'd watch it only to see what she said after finding out her Self #3 told her boss to eat rocks and go jump out of a plane with only a backpack in one of these three meetings she's juggling.
ok, hold on, I might be interested in something that feigns attentive interest in mandatory camera on scenarios where I have no intention of talking and have better things to do than stare at someone reading powerpoint
The 1% of people who like meetings want to actually be in the meetings. The 99% of people who don't like meetings want to not be in any meetings.
Microsoft: "Why not neither?"
So just imagine the future consists of all of us working from our desktop...but each of us has an AI version of themself that attends all the meetings and drinks coffee and gladhands all the executives and sends a little avatar of you into the office so they'll be using the real estate.
Good God.
That’s not even what Copilot is FOR, according to GitHub’s senior VP. It’s supposed to be a software development aid.
He maybe needs to chat with the marketing team.
I will simultaneously be and not be in the meeting until you watch me.
At which point I will *still* simultaneously be and not be in the meeting. Sorry, Erwin.
😂😭🫠🤡 This has got to be a joke. How could Microsoft be so stupid to let this pass? Like nobody in the process of designing, developing and deciding on the best marketing slogan thought this was the worst idea ever bwahaha?!! 🤣
Ah the old "Technology is going to make your life better by letting you work harder" pitch ! Funny how technology has only delivered 24 hour work days and constant contact in place of the promised leisure time.
Kinda shows how far removed from reality techbros are these days... You know, technology used to be made because someone wanted to solve an actual problem or for shits and giggles because they needed something to fill their day with. Now it's just cretins taking the work of others to make shit.
in days of yore you had to seriously insult an emperor or king to get the 五馬分屍 treatment; not everyone had that kind of access! now Microsoft is offering it as a service to the masses 👍
