The case for embracing AI’s inhumanity

Hello again, and welcome once again to Fast Company ’s Plugged In . “What we are building is your second brain, your aide, your consigliere, your reliable chief of staff in your pocket.” That was Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman telling me what he was working on way back in early 2025—a lifetime ago in AI years. The consumer version of the company’s Copilot assistant, he said, would “have its own personality, and really be your sidekick.” He was speaking at an off-site for his team, where I gli