Noticed on Monday that there were giant Copilot buttons on my email - I use the web client on desktop and the iOS app on my phone. Had to turn them off. Fine. Used to Microsoft inserting it at multiple touch points and that once I turned it off, it would stay off. I did have to do it separately in each client app. However, it is turning itself back on multiple times a day, which at least makes itself obvious due to the giant "Summarize this email" button that appears on my web client in the reading pane. This default, always-on, you-have-to-opt-out behavior is such a nightmare; I really feel like it's de-skilling my users and my coworkers in real time and I want to fight someone in a parking lot over it.

I was pleased that I was actually able to uninstall the Copilot Chat app from Windows 11 and it seems to stay uninstalled now and doesn't rise from the dead if I accidentally press Windows+C instead of Ctrl+C, and I did see their little missive about kind of pulling back from Copilot integration in Windows, but it's like a f*cking hydra.

I'm at a point where I don't exactly regret choosing this career path, but I wish the economy weren't so precarious because I'd love to try to do literally anything else and still be able to provide for my family. I'm so sick of dealing with "AI" being inserted into everything I use and it's especially sickening as an admin who tries to teach people how to understand and use their computers.