Tired of hearing about AI? So is Microsofts Chief Troublemaker [Video]

Do you get sick at the mention of artificial intelligence in business?

A lot of hands went up at the question Thursday during the keynote for Birmingham’s Sloss Tech 2024. Host Roy Wood Jr. said standup comedy doesn’t need the help from tech. “It’s perfect the way it is,” he said, drawing laughs.

But Dona Sarkar, whose job involves finding AI solutions for business, said there’s been a lot of “nonsense” around the topic for more than a year.

Sarkar, whose job title with Microsoft is Chief Troublemaker of its AI Extensibility Program, said AI is being used by McDonalds and Walmart, and while many people seem to think it’s going to eradicate their business models, it’s not quite clear why the tech application is going to “take over all our lives.”

“This is the quickest adaption of tech in my life,” Sarkar said.

Because of this, AI presents a …