The case for embracing AI’s inhumanity

The useful part

Fast-forward to last week, when Suleyman published a thoughtful 5,700-word essay on his personal website. Artificial intelligence does not, in fact, have human traits such as a personality. They are sequence completion engines, internally hollow, designed to follow instructions and accomplish goals set by humans." The two moments were not in basic conflict.

How it works

• "What we are building is your second brain, your aide, your consigliere, your reliable chief of staff in your pocket." That was Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman telling me what he was working on way back...
• The consumer version of the company's Copilot assistant, he said, would "have its own personality, and really be your sidekick." He was speaking at an off-site for his team, where I glimpsed a...
• Software makers have wanted to create humane products since at least the early 1970s, when an IBM engineer named Harlan Crowd...

Example or evidence

• Later that year, Microsoft released it under the name Mico.

Details worth keeping

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