Microsoft officially announced that users will no longer need keyboards and mice to surf the Internet, and instead will use AI for operation.

I was shocked by a piece of news from Microsoft.

Recently, Microsoft publicly released a video depicting the Microsoft Windows 2030 Vision.

One detail mentioned that the future Windows system may completely change the input and interaction methods.

Currently, we stare at the screen, type on the keyboard, and click the mouse to write. In the future, we may use our eyes as little as possible and directly talk to the computer.

It's like using an AI agent to operate. If you need to attend an online meeting or send an email at work, you just say it out loud, and the Windows system will handle the rest.

More directly, in the words of David Weston, the vice president of enterprise and operating system security at Microsoft:

In the future Windows system, it is highly likely that the mouse and keyboard will be abandoned, and AI dialogue will become the mainstream operation method.

The future depicted is indeed quite different.

Netizens immediately got excited:

“Play games by talking?”

“Imagine the future office scenario: It used to be the sound of the mouse and keyboard, but in the future, the office will be like a vegetable market.”

“If you want to send a private message to your partner, will you also use your mouth in public?”

......

Although netizens' comments are quite humorous, they also realistically express everyone's confusion.

Speaking of which, Microsoft's operation sounds a bit like science fiction, but in fact, AI taking over computer operations has already begun.

Last year, Microsoft integrated Copilot into Windows 11, which acts as an AI assistant. You can use voice or text to ask it to “generate an email,” “take a screenshot of the desktop”...

Although the relevant functions are currently in their primary form, there will probably be a qualitative breakthrough in five years.

Microsoft's vision this time is also an extension of this foundation:

In the office scenario, AI takes over the operating system. You just need to speak, and the computer will handle the rest;

If you're free and want to play music, find a movie, etc., it's the same logic. You can achieve it directly through AI dialogue.

Actually, in recent years, everyone has more or less noticed the explosive development of AI. A prominent manifestation is that large models are becoming more and more able to understand human language.

Now, many AI functions can fully understand vague instructions, such as “set a reminder,” “find a restaurant,” “order milk tea”;

Or multi-modal AI, which directly transforms into a companion chatbot, and related topics have also successively become hot on the search list.

In the future, AI will have a more mature ecosystem. It can listen, speak, and be used, and even penetrate into all aspects of life.

For example, tell AI to buy a new set of clothes; ask AI to like your friends' posts on WeChat Moments; when watching a TV series, directly ask AI to intelligently jump to the exciting parts commented on by netizens; even tell AI to clean the whole house and cook a meal...

After all, in recent years, all industries have been trying their best to layout in the field of AI, and everyone's direction of effort is surprisingly consistent:

Whatever can be handed over to AI, don't let humans do it.

So, Microsoft's depiction of the Windows system five years from now is not an exaggeration.

However, whether the keyboard and mouse will completely disappear is a question worthy of attention.

In the short term, they won't be suddenly phased out, but in the future, efforts should be made to reduce their usage frequency.

To put it bluntly, it's very likely that the keyboard and mouse will become “spares” in five years.

Considering some delicate operations, it's still difficult to be completely replaced by voice. Moreover, sometimes when AI “helps too much,” human intervention is still needed.

Generally speaking, from Microsoft's vision, we can also glimpse the changes in all aspects of our future lives.

Personally, I'm quite looking forward to it. In the future, there will be more opportunities to be lazy, and the saved time can be used to do more meaningful things. Then, there will be more wonderful and personal moments in our lives!

This article is from the WeChat official account “Tech Fox” (ID: kejihutv). The author is Fox Sister. It is published by 36Kr with authorization.