Microsoft AI chief shares why he is optimistic about the future of AI: Read his memo here

Microsoft recently introduced an upgred version of its generative AI-based chatbot, Copilot. To mark ocassion, Microsoft's CEO of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, penned down a memo explaining why he remains optimistic about future of AI and AI assistants.

In his memo, Suleyman said that we are 'living through a technological parigm shift' wherein computers have learned to 'speak our languages, see what we see and hear what we hear' in a short period of time. "This is a new era of technology that doesn’t just “solve problems,” it’s re to support you, teach you and help you," he wrote.

"This is a new era of technology that doesn’t just “solve problems,” it’s re to support you, teach you and help you," he ded.

His goal, under stewardship of Microsoft, is to create an AI companion for everyone.

Here is Microsoft AI Chief's complete memo:

"We’re living through a technological parigm shift. In a few short years, our computers have learned to speak our languages, see what we see and hear what we hear.

Yet technology for its own sake counts for nothing. What matters is how it feels to people and what impact it has on societies. It’s about how it changes lives, opens doors, expands minds and relieves pressure. It is perhaps greatest amplifier of human well-being in history, one of most effective ways to create tangible and lasting benefits for billions of people.

And yet technology is, and must always remain, in service to humanity: an enabler and a path to deepening our common bonds and shared understanding, our energy and imagination, our creativity and our capacity for everything from invention to forming relationships.

In field of AI, we often get caught up in technical details. We spend our time talking about parameters and compute. focus is on training runs, datacenters and latest techniques. This is natural and inevitable when operating on frontiers of something new, where details do really matter. But I think it’s important that in doing all of this, getting stuck right in technical weeds, we don’t lose sight of not only what we are building, but why we are building it.

At Microsoft AI, we are creating an AI companion for everyone.

I truly believe we can create a calmer, more helpful and supportive era of technology, quite unlike anything we’ve seen before. Great technology experiences are about how you feel, not what’s under hood. It should be about what you experience, not what we are building.

Copilot will be re for you, in your corner, by your side and always strongly aligned with your interests. It understands context of your life, while safeguarding your privacy, data and security, remembering details that are most helpful in any situation. It gives you access to a universe of knowledge, simplifying and decluttering daily barrage of information, and offering support and encouragement when you want it.

Over time it’ll apt to your mannerisms and develop capabilities built around your preferences and needs. We are not creating a static tool so much as establishing a dynamic, emergent and evolving interaction. It will provide you with unwavering support to help you show up way you really want in your everyday life, a new means of facilitating human connections and accomplishments alike.

With your permission, Copilot will ultimately be able to act on your behalf, smoothing life’s complexities and giving you more time to focus on what matters to you. It’ll be an vocate for you in many of life’s most important moments. It’ll accompany you to that doctor’s appointment, take notes and follow up at right time. It’ll share lo of planning and preparing for your child’s birthday party. And it’ll be re at end of day to help you think through a tricky life decision.

Some people worry that AI will diminish what makes us unique as humans. My life’s work has been to ensure it does precisely opposite. We choose what we create. This is something we must do toger. Our task is to ensure AI always enriches people’s lives and strengns our bonds with ors, while supporting our uniqueness and endlessly complex humanity.

This is a new era of technology that doesn’t just “solve problems,” it’s re to support you, teach you and help you. In this sense, Copilot really is different from that last wave of web and mobile. This is beginning of a fundamental shift in what’s possible for all of us. It’s a long journey that will take years. With our latest updates to Copilot, you are seeing only first careful steps in this direction.

Patience and care with our deployments are at very foundation of our approach. My commitment is to be accountable at every stage, work with you and listen to you. Respect and deep compassion for our users and for society is core purpose behind everything we do. It comes first. This is a journey we promise to take toger. I couldn’t be more excited to embark on it with you.

Mustafa Suleyman"