- Pawan Davuluri, head of Windows at Microsoft, says Windows 11 is “evolving into an agent-based OS.”
- Social networks reacted very negatively to this.
- Many people are already bored with many things, but the relentless promotion of artificial intelligence and buzzwords, as well as the lack of attention to the basics of Windows 11, are clear sources of frustration.
Top Microsoft A Windows executive said the future of the desktop platform was “evolving into an agent-based OS” and advancing artificial intelligence, prompting a wave of backlash on various social forums.
Windows Center highlighted message about X from Pavan Davuluri, vice president of Windows and devices at Microsoft.
Windows is evolving into an agent-based OS that connects devices, the cloud, and AI to enable intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere. Join us at #MSIgnite to learn how leading companies are transforming with Windows and what's next for the platform. We can't wait to show you!…November 10, 2025
The key part reads: “Windows is evolving into an agent-based OS, connecting devices, cloud, and AI to deliver intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere.”
This follows several similar comments that have leaked into various recent Microsoft blog posts or executive sound bites as the software giant revealed its grand vision.”make every Windows 11 PC an AI computer' in the future. This means promoting Copilot, new AI features, and voice input (and Miko, the new face of artificial intelligence in Windowsor, to put it another way, a fresh take on Clippy or Cortana).
What Windows 11 will become “native” for artificial intelligence is another variation on the rhythm of the relentless drumbeat of buzzwords that seems to be coming from Microsoft executives lately – but it's a tune that many Windows users don't seem to want to dance to. Of course, regardless of the reviews on this post on X.
Here is a sample of one of many harsh sayings comments to X: “Pawan, stop. We all hate Windows more with every new version you release. Nobody likes the direction this OS is heading. Don't close your eyes and ears to consumer reviews because you have already monopolized the market. Make Win 7 great again.”
And when the replies in this thread thank Microsoft, it seems like they are from people who are just parroting. sound bites return to the company – for example, “the integration of artificial intelligence, cloud and devices is a game changer for productivity” – or thank the software giant for Windows 11 now we give them the final push to switch to Linux, making them much happier.
Microsoft anti-aircraft fire Reddit is still just as badas you can imagine. This includes general concerns about AI bloat, as well as the possibility that AI agents in Windows 11 will additional attack surfaces which attackers can use to somehow compromise the user. (To be fair, Microsoft did address security concerns in its previous reports about the big move toward “all PCs with AI,” but still – this is unlikely to calm the nerves of those counting the number of bugs introduced in Windows 11).
Ignore the little guys at your peril, Microsoft
So first, it's worth clearing that Davuluri's comment about X is about the Microsoft Ignite conference, which is aimed at IT professionals and business leaders, so this post is a corporate topic, but there can be no doubt that this is where Microsoft is heading for all Windows 11 users.
Even if plans for the business part are more extensivethis doesn't mean Windows 11 Enterprise will be some kind of agent-based AI and Windows 11 Home (or Pro) somehow won't. In fact, the AI agent is already in Windows 11 Home. chatbot in settings (for Copilot+ devices), and much more that Microsoft told us in its recent posts about how to make every Windows 11 PC an AI computer.
As has no doubt escaped your notice, the AI revolution has been a major source of Microsoft hype ever since ChatGPT burst onto the scene and Satya Nadella's outfit dropped to get in on the action. Microsoft is, of course, deeply interested in AI, and the AI revolution was originally talked about in the context of the Copilot+ PC with exclusive AI features, but now it's a much broader approach to “agent-based” AI, the latest buzzword that everyone is sick of.
What is an AI agent? At least for consumers, it should be an AI bot that helps you do things in Windows based on natural language (and voice) queries, but of course there is a concern that it will become a bot that also tries to sell you things in Windows, namely Microsoft stuff (or stuff that other firms pay Microsoft to sell).
And this fear is hardly unfounded, since Microsoft has gradually moved forward over time with increasingly annoying efforts to expand sales of Windows 11 (and it was no longer a picnic avoiding such nonsense in Windows 10before the new OS came out).
As this new flurry of reviews on social media shows, people are already fed up with Microsoft's various promotions, and they are thinly veiled (or not even veiled at all): “Please buy Recognized“) advertising in Windows 11 – operating system they have already paid for. (Things would be different if Windows were free, but it's not; it's built into the cost of your pre-built PC or laptop or a separate license).
On top of that, people are frustrated that Microsoft is moving forward with artificial intelligence and not fixing the major flaws of Windows 11. They don't want AI agent that can turn them into a website stick around in the operating system (although the idea, you see, is cool). What are they Really want is a right-click context menu or a search function, this is not mysterious slownessor basic features like the ability to move the taskbar away from the bottom of the screen (like in Windows 10).
However, Microsoft isn't listening. IN early days of Windows 11there was something of a promise to take feedback into account and work with it to improve the OS, but that philosophy seems to have gone out the window (or even out of Windows). Now it looks like you're getting AI whether you like it or not (and shareholders will probably like it, which is a key irritant for the more cynical here).
Keep in mind that there is not necessarily anything wrong with AI as long as it is implemented intelligently and purposefully. But if Microsoft can't get simple things like the right-click menu to work smoothly in Windows 11, and it continues to ruthlessly fix bugs in the OS, it's no wonder there isn't much confidence that AI will get it right.
Microsoft needs to start building Windows 11 again for the little people – the core consumers using the OS – rather than what the company itself needs in terms of promoting services, making more money or impressing shareholders. Especially since right now, it looks like the little guys are approaching a tipping point of frustration with Microsoft's vision for the future of Windows and lack of attention to the fundamentals of the operating system.
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