When civilians like myself say that AI feels enormously overhyped, this is just one part of what we experience that fuels this cynical outlook. If AI was so great, it would sell on its own merits, and companies (not just Microsoft) wouldn't have to jam it in everywhere, making it an opt-out nightmare.

This article talks about Visual Studio, but Copilot is running amok across Office 365 too. Outlook now blocks screen real estate with a message begging you to use "AI Coach" to "check" your email, and Word, PowerPoint and Excel all have Copilot buttons everywhere, with automatic PowerPoint "summaries", even though I'm the sole author.