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What are MSFT Product Managers doing these days? This was one of the worst launches in recent years. Has Microsoft fallen victim to AI panic like Google has? D

by ulfw 2y ago

What are MSFT Product Managers doing these days? This was one of the worst launches in recent years. Has Microsoft fallen victim to AI panic like Google has? Do people dare to speak up and say no to Satya and Sundar?

surfingdino 2y ago
Microsoft suffers from bad memories of dismissing the importance of internet, then missing the boat (a failing 3-4 times) on personal music players and music/video streaming, followed by failing to capture any meaningful smartphone or tablet market share, and still playing catch up in the cloud computing space. They went all in on AI, because they want to own the next platform that others will build on top of. Their problem is simple, AI is not the next platform to build on top of. It is not the next internet, not the next operating system, it is a research project with way too much funding.
- IshKebab 2y ago
  AI is way beyond a research project at this point, and the level of funding doesn't seem totally unreasonable given its potential. But I do agree it isn't a "platform".
- pjmlp 2y ago
  Additionally, they messed up so much the WinRT/UWP/WinUI developer experience, that most of us that advocated for the technology, feel betrayed and aren't going to advocate for anything else, other than regular .NET and the pre-Windows 8 desktop technologies.
beefnugs 2y ago
Here is some brand new level of bullshit happening: they are deploying these NPU on all new processors. But with ZERO proper user consent and control. The bare minimum of proper operating system or driver feature is that I can choose NO I dont want anything running on my NPU, unless I approve it specifically. Fuck youtube's new eyeball tracking on their ads running on MY hardware without the slightest consent.
- Zee2 2y ago
  >Fuck youtube's new eyeball tracking on their ads That was a meme posted by a popular Twitter user who creates humorous Black Mirror-esque UI mockups.
sebazzz 2y ago
I believe this is separate from that. Generally it is believed that the admin the "airtight hatchway". They stil could have encrypted the recall database with DPAPI though.

by ulfw 2y ago

surfingdino 2y ago

Microsoft suffers from bad memories of dismissing the importance of internet, then missing the boat (a failing 3-4 times) on personal music players and music/video streaming, followed by failing to capture any meaningful smartphone or tablet market share, and still playing catch up in the cloud computing space. They went all in on AI, because they want to own the next platform that others will build on top of. Their problem is simple, AI is not the next platform to build on top of. It is not the next internet, not the next operating system, it is a research project with way too much funding.

IshKebab 2y ago
AI is way beyond a research project at this point, and the level of funding doesn't seem totally unreasonable given its potential. But I do agree it isn't a "platform".
pjmlp 2y ago
Additionally, they messed up so much the WinRT/UWP/WinUI developer experience, that most of us that advocated for the technology, feel betrayed and aren't going to advocate for anything else, other than regular .NET and the pre-Windows 8 desktop technologies.

beefnugs 2y ago

Here is some brand new level of bullshit happening: they are deploying these NPU on all new processors. But with ZERO proper user consent and control. The bare minimum of proper operating system or driver feature is that I can choose NO I dont want anything running on my NPU, unless I approve it specifically. Fuck youtube's new eyeball tracking on their ads running on MY hardware without the slightest consent.

Zee2 2y ago
>Fuck youtube's new eyeball tracking on their ads That was a meme posted by a popular Twitter user who creates humorous Black Mirror-esque UI mockups.

sebazzz 2y ago

I believe this is separate from that. Generally it is believed that the admin the "airtight hatchway". They stil could have encrypted the recall database with DPAPI though.