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Now the question is whether that’s true (and thus should be objectively measurable) or if he is bullshitting because Microsoft invested so much money in it it just has to work.

yes, I believe this. Microsoft is deploying an army of devs to HN to tout AI because they are invested in at cost of billions of dollars per year - HN AI Bubble :)

You don't need a coordinated disinformation campaign for employees to drink the Kool-Aid and evangelize.

all it takes is significant emotional investment for someone to become a bit blind to reality.

“Principal” at Microsoft (or Oracle) is “Senior” or “Staff” everywhere else just fyi

I mean, MS is _deep_ into this; “company who is going to plow literally one hundred billion dollars into thing in the next year says thing is just great” is not _terribly_ convincing, honestly.