Microsoft Co-pilot is annoying
How many of you find the Copilot integration in Windows genuinely helpful?
In my experience, whenever I’m writing a document or working in Excel, the Copilot button interferes with my cursor, disrupting my flow of thought. I have no use for its autogenerated content, which doesn’t support my work in any meaningful way. I can’t claim that content as my own, and I have no insight into how it was generated or why it suggests certain text. Worse, if I relied on it, I wouldn’t even remember what’s in my documents. Most frustrating of all, the Copilot assistive icon is so intrusive that I dread seeing it on my screen.
Ironically, when I actually need AI assistance—such as when I’m searching for definitions or trying to synthesize complex text—Copilot is nowhere to be found. In the Edge browser, its performance is inconsistent at best; half the time, it seems to forget it can provide AI responses.
The Copilot side button in the Edge browser, tucked away in a mini-window, is hidden in the worst possible place. It should be front and center for easy access, not buried. Yet, in Microsoft Word, it’s constantly in the way, disrupting my writing.
I can’t believe that massively profitable companies produce such poorly designed products and still thrive.