Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.' (africa.businessinsider.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to tech@programming.dev on 04 Jul 13:17
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Julia Liuson, president of the Microsoft division responsible for developer tools such as AI coding service GitHub Copilot, recently sent an email instructing managers to evaluate employee performance based on their use of internal AI tools like this.

“AI is now a fundamental part of how we work,” Liuson wrote. “Just like collaboration, data-driven thinking, and effective communication, using AI is no longer optional — it’s core to every role and every level.”

Liuson told managers that AI “should be part of your holistic reflections on an individual’s performance and impact.”

Microsoft’s performance requirements vary from team to team, and some are considering including a more formal metric about the use of internal AI tools in performance reviews for its next fiscal year, according to a person familiar with the situation. This person asked not to be identified discussing private matters.

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wise_pancake@lemmy.ca on 04 Jul 13:39 next collapse

If using AI is more efficient then you don’t have to evaluate staff on whether they use it, they simply get more stuff done.

That’s like basic logic.

Jason uses AI daily but Sarah gets more done, is Jason the better employee? Obviously not. Jason can be 10x less efficient by using AI poorly while Sarah has read all the documentation for the tools and doesn’t need to ask the AI to do her work for her.

sirico@feddit.uk on 04 Jul 14:08 next collapse

Worked really hard on this guy’s

Dumhuvud@programming.dev on 04 Jul 14:39 next collapse

Copilot’s PRs to .NET were somewhat recently ridiculed on Reddit: old.reddit.com/…/my_new_hobby_watching_ai_slowly_…

Dumhuvud@programming.dev on 04 Jul 14:45 collapse

This particular one - github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/115761#pullrequest… - instills (not) confidence in the future of the project.

LLM suggest changes in code handling certificates

LGTM if CI is green

Yeah.

Vraylle@fedia.io on 04 Jul 16:39 next collapse

Whew, switched to Linux just in the nick of time!

BroBot9000@lemmy.world on 04 Jul 20:06 collapse

What a fucking scam. They can’t sell this slop so they are forcing it internally. 😂

Go ahead rot yourselves from the inside out M$