Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface
Next-gen Windows to embrace AI — a shift towards voice as primary input method?
The next version of Debian won't be more ambient and pervasive. It would be just the same as it is today.
I installed arch recently, and the steam client was pretty easy to install. What really shocked me is that all the stuff that works fine on my steam deck also works fine in arch, so that's nice
Well makes sense, steamos is arch based right?
What the fuck? I thought Debian should be stabile? Are they too stupid to get that maybe, people have mounted the wallpaper folder onto another Partition, and now they have to repartition everything?
No way! I've updated to Debian 13 two days ago, and I've got two (!) new lockscreen wallpapers, and you can even configure lockscreen to download picture of the day from Flickr or Bing. Also taskbar has rounded corners, which I'm ambivalent about.
2! = 2
So the exclamation mark is redundant. 😋
"Multi modal"
Will it finally be possible to be productive with more that 3 windows open?
What's your gripe with more than three windows?
Window management is usually not a complaint of Windows...
I don't want to speak to my computer. I don't need AI to perform basic tasks. I don't need my computer usage redefined. Fuck off Pavan.
Fundamentally, the concept that your computer can actually look at your screen and is context aware is going to become an important modality for us going forward."
Ah, so now having my computer spy on me is a feature, gotcha
So instead of three simple mouse clicks I'm supposed to say "Open mixer channel 34, then open the second insert plugin, select the unlabeled potentiometer that is located in the second row and kind-of third column, then turn it to 30 %, wait, no, not the amp potentiometer, the unlabeled one in the second row and kind-of third column, no, the one to the left of the current one, no, not this one, not this one, not this one..."
A little bit like early graphic programs where you had to type in coordinates and color values but way slower, unprecise and totally unreliable. Sounds fun, I bet this new Windows will be loved by all musicians and audio engineers and graphic designers and video editors - if they even manage to log into their Microsoft account while suffering from a common cold ("Log me [cough] in with Boat[cough]y[cough]McBoat[cough]face[cough]42!"). Looks like the guys at Microsoft had their final dose of sodium bromide.
None of these are things I want in an OS.
Yup, I want "unobtrusive, lightweight, compatible, and secure." Basically, the best case for an OS is that I don't notice it.
Good thing he didn't actually say it would be the next Windows doing any of those things. He didn't even say it would be the OS:
"I think we will see computing become more ambient, more pervasive, continue to span form factors, and certainly become more multi-modal in the arc of time ... I think experience diversity is the next space where we will continue to see voice becoming more important. Fundamentally, the concept that your computer can actually look at your screen and is context aware is going to become an important modality for us going forward."
The important and scarier part is actually the last sentence, not anything from the article title.
Well put. I confess that my hot take was based on skimming the title of the article, and as you note, their vision is even more dystopian. Fire the pixels onto the screen and forget about them, I say!
If I could just play new multiplayer games on it, for me the next version of windows would be Linux.
I bet the computer won't function (or at least not properly) without an internet connection.
Microsoft does the best viral marketing for Linux.
Microsoft really doing everything in their power to make sure I never buy another Windows PC.
In the interview, Davuluri is asked how AI is going to change the way we interact with computers. Here's what he had to say on the matter:
"I think we will see computing become more ambient, more pervasive, continue to span form factors, and certainly become more multi-modal in the arc of time ... I think experience diversity is the next space where we will continue to see voice becoming more important. Fundamentally, the concept that your computer can actually look at your screen and is context aware is going to become an important modality for us going forward."
Watch out Satya Nadella, this guy's coming for your job as Head of Corporate Bullshit.
"10 will be the last OS"
I mean... they did tell the truth, didn't they? When I think of Windows 11, terms like operating wouldn't be on my list...
The last one I pay for anyway. Not even sure I actually paid for that one....
voice as input? lol, can you imagine a busy office with workers all talking at the same time? this is stupid. MS is stupid. I'll stick to Linux thanks.
Just rename it to Copilot 12 or something, it’s way too confusing having a product not branded as copilot.
Copilot 365 12 for Home and Family, Copilot Edition.
Series C
What the fuck does ambient even mean in the context of an operating system? Is it going to be floating around in the atmosphere of my flat? Is the next version of windows gaseous? Is it sarin gas?
I want a good VR OS but this is just silly XD
"We listened very carefully to everything our customers wanted, and then we cranked out this impossible to use fucking piece of shit" - The Onion (for Sony, but it applies here)
I don’t want to ‘sign in to confirm your age’ to watch this
Luckily I'm in the US where we apparently only care about "the children" before they're born.
I think they meant to say "invasive", instead of "pervasive"
I think a lot of people are going to struggle getting their head around the idea of voice being a reliable, primary input method when using a PC, but with agentic AI and the ability for the OS to understand user intent and natural language, it's going to feel a lot more natural than you might think.
You're damn right we're going to struggle. I won't believe it is reliable enough to be anything but infuriating until I see it.
Ugh, not this voice control BS again. It's like the people who pop up every once in a while asking why there isn't a "natural English" programming language. It's because human language is imprecise and full of nuance. To describe something to the precision needed for a computer to take action and actually do the thing you want it to do, you have to be so ridiculously verbose in your description that it would take 10-100x longer than just clicking a button with your mouse or typing a command on the keyboard.
Have none of these people ever sat behind someone operating a computer and tried to instruct them to do something even moderately complex? About 5 minutes in I'm usually tearing my hear out screaming "JUST LET ME SIT IN THE CHAIR AND DO IT MYSELF!"
Ahh, keyboard. How quaint!
I just bought a new mechanical keyboard, I'm such a fucking loser. I hate myself sometimes.
Love that scene
I tried dictating a talk onto the computer in several ways recently. Not one piece of software was able to do it without me having to edit constantly. I haven't seen anyone get voice input to the point where it isn't a pain. I highly doubt Microsoft figured out reliable voice input but kept it back for Windows 12. It's going to be the same shit.
"I think we will see computing become more ambient, more pervasive, continue to span form factors, and certainly become more multi-modal in the arc of time ... I think experience diversity is the next space where we will continue to see voice becoming more important. Fundamentally, the concept that your computer can actually look at your screen and is context aware is going to become an important modality for us going forward."
You could fertilize 200 acres with that much bullshit. truly a crime against the English language.
take the penguin-pill and get out now!
Why do corporations think so much about the OS? I always pick one that works well with my applications because I spend 99% of my computer time in the apps.
Edit- by OS, I meant UI
Am I missing something here? The quotes from said lead don‘t mention „the next Windows“ anywhere. He‘s just thinking out loud about what he thinks working on a computer will be like 5 years from now. This is click bait and I wouldn‘t be surprised if they quietly change the title later on after they farmed enough clicks. Awful.
Thanks for convincing me to get a Mac! I love it so far!!
It's funny cause "ambient, pervasive, multi-modal" are all words used when envisioning the future applications of AI, so you know some marketing smuck glanced over the literature (or probably asked an AI to do so for him) and chose them with little care as to how the new Windows will embody these qualities. I am so tired of salesmen,marketing,word salads and entrepreneurship.