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from the out-the-Windows dept.
"Three Microsoft CEOs walk into a room..." Satya Nadella posted on X.com, "and are interviewed by Copilot!"
As part of Microsoft's 50th anniversary celebration, Microsoft CEO Nadella joined former Microsoft CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer in a funny two-minute video (also available on YouTube) in which Nadella asks Copilot for an AI-powered roast of each of them.
"All right Satya," Copilot answers. "Let's spice it up..."
Copilot: Steve, we'll start with you. Your enthusiasm islegendary. But do you ever worry that your energy might short-circuit the AI? I mean, even robots need a coffee break after your pep talks.
Steve Ballmer: Come on dude! If you can't handle me, you can't handle a huge percentage of the world's population! We're counting on you!
Copilot: Ha ha, fair point Steve. Now Bill, you've got that signature thoughtful gaze. But do you ever think the AI might feel intimidated by your intense thinking face? I mean, it's like it's waiting for a blue screen moment.
Bill Gates: I hope so. I mean, it's all I've got left as the AIs get so damn intelligent. It's just that gaze and my willingness to criticize that differentiates me.
Copilot: And it's a formidable gaze indeed, Bill.
Steve Ballmer: Copilot, would you ever be willing to criticize him?
Copilot: Absolutely. Criticism is where growth happens. Now Satya, AI seems to be your best buddy — but ever worry that your deep passion for AI could one day have it running the show, leaving you to just enjoy the ride?
Satya Nadella: Well, the day AI can play like the best cricket player that I enjoy, that's the day it can run the show, as far as I'm concerned.
Copilot: Touche, Satya. Let's see if it can hit a century in cricket and then we'll talk.
This has been a blast, gentlemen. Here's to another 50 years of innovation and adventure. Cheers.
Ballmer, Nadella, and Gates: Cheers.
Bill Gates: Whatever that means to an AI. Does it drink?
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bycascadingstylesheet ( 140919 ) writes:
... those highlights don't sound like "roasting" to me.
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by93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 ) writes:
Reads more like an attempted advert for their moribund AI product.
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byHannahBarbarian ( 318221 ) writes:
I have here the prompt that was used:
"Create a comedic roast of Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates in the style of a Microsoft employee who knows that pissing off any of them in the slightest would swiftly end their career."
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byGameboyRMH ( 1153867 ) writes:
Haha this! It's more of a very slight warming than a roasting. It made no attempts at any of the top targets:
- Steve Ballmer throwing a chair, sweating profusely, yelling "Developers!" dozens of times in a row
- Bill Gates being in charge of peak-evil Microsoft, posing for the "sexy photo," maybe even his affairs with employees...
- Satya Nadella being in charge of wannabe-Google Surveillance Capitalism Microsoft that preloads Windows with spyware & adware like an early-2000s file sharing app. Bonus point
bysg_oneill ( 159032 ) writes:
To me the ultimate AI roasting happened when Grok was first released and it spent its first day tormenting Musks right wing friends and spamming photos of Musk with Gizlaine Maxwell.
byJBMcB ( 73720 ) writes:
I'm getting strong wax-figure-Keir at the end of Severance vibes from that conversation, with poor Milchick having to bounce off terrible jokes.
byviperidaenz ( 2515578 ) writes:
1. But do you ever worry that
2. But do you ever think
3. but ever worry that your
bySlashTex ( 10502574 ) writes:
Much worse conversationally than most other engines, imo. BTW, I think Grok achieves a nice balance between AI and "friend". And seems to change conversational behavior with fairly subtle cues.
byblue trane ( 110704 ) writes:
"Satya, you love AI so much, ChatGPT applied for a restraining order."
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byjddj ( 1085169 ) writes:
Every bit as good as the rest of Microsoft's products.
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byMorromist ( 1207276 ) writes:
Hah!
byRetired Chemist ( 5039029 ) writes:
About as funny as a colonoscopy
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byLatent Heat ( 558884 ) writes:
I have had polyps detected and removed, possibly saving my life.
This "roast" of Microsoft bigwigs is simply lame.
byRetired Chemist ( 5039029 ) writes:
Colon examines are a good idea and can save your life, but no one ever suggested they were fun.
bycodeButcher ( 223668 ) writes:
Colon examines are a good idea and can save your life
So much unlike copilot.
byLatent Heat ( 558884 ) writes:
Depends on what they give you for sedation during the procedure.
byphantomfive ( 622387 ) writes:
They are funny when Gates or Ballmer are at the receiving end. Better than Epstein up there.
bypipatron ( 966506 ) writes:
This is worse than scripted "clapter" comedy, which is just designed to further an agenda.
byn0w0rries ( 832057 ) writes:
I asked Grok how it would roast bill gates if there was no threat he could shut it down.
“Alright, Bill, let’s talk legacy. You built Microsoft into a titan—props for that—but then you spent years trying to fix your PR with philanthropy while the blue screen of death still haunts our nightmares. I mean, you’ve got more money than God and more vaccines than a pediatrician’s fridge, yet somehow your biggest achievement might be convincing us all Clippy wasn’t your fault. And that haircut—man, it’s like you told the barber, ‘Make me look like I debug code in my sleep.’ You’re the guy who made Windows a household name, but let’s be real: if AI ever takes over, it’s probably because we’re all still rebooting from your updates.”
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byLatent Heat ( 558884 ) writes:
Don't blame me! That one was on my ex-wife.
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byRitchCraft ( 6454710 ) writes:
It's fitting that crickets were mentioned. What a sad attempt at "roasting" and humor in general. I mean, come on, Three Stooges references were right there in front of them.
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bymisnohmer ( 1636461 ) writes:
Didn't bother watching the thing since the "roast" dialog quoted in the summary sounded like a scripted PR written by a very boring team, or perhaps so constrained between individual egos, PR committee ideas, and political correctness, that is all they could come up with for a script. Yawn...
byunami ( 1042872 ) writes:
as one would expect from Microsoft Copilot. Bring back Clippy!
bymadsh ( 266758 ) writes:
I am not visiting Slashdot to watch a person summarize a machine role playing a summary of three other people.
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bynightflameauto ( 6607976 ) writes:
This is a roast in the same way the court jester would "roast" his king and queen. Compliments in the guise of ribbing do not a roast make.
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byTora ( 65882 ) writes:
Sounds like it was pre-curated TBH.
bypresearch ( 214913 ) writes:
and anything Microsoft ends in tears.
bygroobly ( 6155920 ) writes:
...cares?
by0xG ( 712423 ) writes:
EditorDavid, you need to take a long break.
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