Microsoft's Jeff Teper: human creativity matters most in the AI-verse, after security
donasarkar · x · 2026-10-29
At #PPCC26, Microsoft executive Jeff Teper sat down for a fireside chat. Donna Sarkar's takeaways:
- AI progress is on an exponential hockey-stick: from failing at image generation to single-shotting complex PowerPoint decks within a year;
- Teper's closing thought: after security, human creativity is the most important part of the AI-verse;
- He illustrated it with the story of the Luddites in England's textile industry.
Related event: Microsoft Veteran Jeff Teper Says AI Acceleration Is Unprecedented(2 posts)→
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