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Microsoft at ASCII

AI Breakdown ยท Sep 10, 2026 ยท 4m

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐š ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ. ๐Ÿค

Ashley joined us on the floor at ASCII Edge in Toronto, and she made the sharpest point of the two days in a single line. She was there as a vendor, at her first ASCII, and she did not soften it.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐Œ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ.

Ask them one question: are you actually using the AI you are selling me? The answer tells you everything about the advice that follows. Ashley spent years in sales before this, and she is clear that a seller who has never lived with the tool has nothing toโ€ฆ

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