<![CDATA[The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot]]>The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot

A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead:

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/microsoft-copilot-competitive

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/12491a60-43e5-43c1-8f3a-b0c315bf78dc/the-first-genuinely-honest-ad-for-generative-ai-i-ve-ever-seen-from-microsoft-copilotRSS for NodeSat, 24 Oct 2026 23:17:41 GMTWed, 21 Oct 2026 19:12:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:45:37 GMT]]>@ketan Ugh. I shouldn't have watched. It's sickening to see the white fantasy lived out so transparently. It's not about the quality of work, it's who gets their ego stroked for minimal effort.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/ZiggyZapf/statuses/117485334541687655https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/ZiggyZapf/statuses/117485334541687655Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:45:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:17:46 GMT]]>@drahardja @ketan and the non-office AI ads seem to be "wouldn't it be nice if you could outsource raising your kids to a robot?"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117485225009687250https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/117485225009687250Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:17:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:13:47 GMT]]>@cholling Read the text at the bottom. "Analyze Daniel's model in the all-hands channel."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/davidculley/statuses/117484973392950324https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/davidculley/statuses/117484973392950324Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:13:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:04:07 GMT]]>@drahardja @ketan in AI's defense, that was their ad strategy as far back as that Excel in an elevator ad.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tooot.im/users/Dubikan/statuses/117484699514442993https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tooot.im/users/Dubikan/statuses/117484699514442993Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:04:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:58:47 GMT]]>@ketan

What IS the guy actually doing?
Never used Copilot so I don't know what he or that Copilot does when he hits ENTER.
Is it about the data viz, the charts, and he's putting his own data into a chart template which he told Copilot to grab from the other guy?

or is he telling Copliot to steal the other guy's data?

Or what?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedifreu.de/users/anlomedad/statuses/117484678507670738https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedifreu.de/users/anlomedad/statuses/117484678507670738Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:58:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:58:32 GMT]]>@ketan

so, he and ai steals it then

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Captain_Jack_Sparrow/statuses/117484677507743187https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Captain_Jack_Sparrow/statuses/117484677507743187Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:58:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:53:59 GMT]]>@ahltorp @ketan Yep, that's the system for you, rewarding mediocrity as equal to exemplary based on who did it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117484659627747650https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/nini/statuses/117484659627747650Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:53:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:09:21 GMT]]>@drahardja
“It’s so revealing that every office-work AI ad seems to endorse the worst asshole behavior in people.”

Fixed that for you!
@ketan

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/curiousicae/statuses/117484484119467932https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/curiousicae/statuses/117484484119467932Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:09:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:07:19 GMT]]>@ketan
Other than also being nicely stuble racist on top, this reminds of a horrific “Cloud versus Claude” ads from back when Cloud was the current AI-hype thing: It basically compared a guy named Cloude manually cutting physical with using a photo editor... Except the photo editor was a M$ cloud service, so it was like “innovative”, you know.

This is the same level of stupid, I’m so glad I militantly avoid ads nowadays. Getting some nice subtle racist reinforcement is just the tip of the ice berg really.
@curiousicae

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/curiousicae/statuses/117484476167050291https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/curiousicae/statuses/117484476167050291Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:07:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:47:34 GMT]]>@finestructure @ketan @drahardja Poe's Law. As things become more extreme, they become indistinguishable from their own parody.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/117484162564292405https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/117484162564292405Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:46:43 GMT]]>@ophiocephalic @ketan That's what it's designed to do, and what they are selling.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/117484159236661375https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/117484159236661375Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:46:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:44:48 GMT]]>@drahardja @ketan They know their target audience.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/117484151645763989https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/117484151645763989Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:44:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:44:34 GMT]]>@ketan

Sheesh...that is...wow

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://literatur.social/users/v_d_richards/statuses/117484150732966183https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://literatur.social/users/v_d_richards/statuses/117484150732966183Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:44:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:18:06 GMT]]>@budududuroiu @ketan (*fart noise*)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/MisuseCase/statuses/117484046674784060https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/MisuseCase/statuses/117484046674784060Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:18:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:15:30 GMT]]>@JeanZerian @ketan (*fart noise*)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/MisuseCase/statuses/117484036479980286https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/MisuseCase/statuses/117484036479980286Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:15:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:50:16 GMT]]>@txo_elurmaluta @trikuxabi @drahardja noski dela "unfair", entrenatzeko datuak nola eskuratu dituzten jakinda

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/neregauzak/statuses/117483937254005251https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/neregauzak/statuses/117483937254005251Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:50:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:33:40 GMT]]>@ketan

OMFG I am working in Product Management and Marketing I can not fathom how someone signed this off, not seeing the obvious. Like no, you should go to Kyle and simply ask him to teach instead of sterling how work... WTF 🫣

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenchen.social/users/Kmachel/statuses/117483871987695981https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenchen.social/users/Kmachel/statuses/117483871987695981Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:33:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:28:48 GMT]]>@ketan “that’s so racist!”. “Always has been.” Now, with CoPilot

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/117483852789835812https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/wendinoakland/statuses/117483852789835812Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:28:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:27:43 GMT]]>@ketan@climatejustice.social Literally advertising to narcissism and normalizing it in the process.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sakurajima.social/notes/asmwjl3kr1https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sakurajima.social/notes/asmwjl3kr1Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:27:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:23:19 GMT]]>@snowgaze @ketan @PMFL @catarinac 🤨

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.pt/users/PMFL/statuses/117483831238988858https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.pt/users/PMFL/statuses/117483831238988858Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:23:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:22:29 GMT]]>@ketan @PMFL é este, acho @catarinac

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.pt/users/snowgaze/statuses/117483827997441742https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.pt/users/snowgaze/statuses/117483827997441742Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:22:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:17:39 GMT]]>@trikuxabi @drahardja Also Claude, "your UNFAIR advantadge" 🙄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.eus/users/txo_elurmaluta/statuses/117483808997901018https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.eus/users/txo_elurmaluta/statuses/117483808997901018Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:09:03 GMT]]>@johnlogic @ketan

“Wanker clankers 🤖 and clanker wankers 🧍‍♂️” is not the kind of ‘bad romance’ that Lady Gaga referred to here: https://youtu.be/qrO4YZeyl0I

It’s more like the prophetic photo that perfectly symbolizes the deadly nexus of and (or and more broadly).⬇️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.science/users/ChemicalEyeGuy/statuses/117483775195678446https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.science/users/ChemicalEyeGuy/statuses/117483775195678446Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:09:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:07:57 GMT]]>@ketan Yes, Copilot sucks, but where in the ad does he ask it to copy his coworker's work? All I saw was a vague "make mine beautiful".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bytes.programming.dev/notes/asmvu5xgdzkpnsmnhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bytes.programming.dev/notes/asmvu5xgdzkpnsmnThu, 22 Oct 2026 09:07:57 GMT