Microsoft Executive Vice President Ryan Roslansky recently took to LinkedIn to complain about the issue of "AI garbage." Roslansky oversees LinkedIn as well as core businesses such as Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, and Copilot, placing him at the very center of Microsoft's AI strategy.
Roslansky's remarks are noteworthy because he is not just any executive complaining about AI on social media, but the leader responsible for one of Microsoft's most important product lines.
In his post, Roslansky described a personal experience where he received a document clearly generated by AI. He then used AI to summarize it, only to discover that the document contained no new insights, making the entire process utterly pointless.
He referred to this phenomenon as a "dead loop," warning that companies might spend heavily on AI tools, only to end up having employees bypass the thinking, writing, and reading they should have done themselves.
Roslansky also raised the concept of a "homogenized ocean," expressing concern that people are becoming increasingly accustomed to consuming generic AI-generated content rather than contributing their own ideas and experiences.
Ironically, Microsoft is one of the companies that has shoved AI into nearly every software experience. Over the past year, Microsoft has integrated Copilot into almost all its products, including Windows, Office, Edge, Teams, and Outlook, while vigorously promoting the adoption of AI agents and autonomous workflows in enterprises.
Last November, Windows head Pavan Davaluri confirmed that the system would undergo major changes toward an agent-based operating system, which sparked widespread user dissatisfaction. Microsoft subsequently promised improvements and is currently developing an AI off-switch for Windows, while also beginning to explore more practical applications for AI.
