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Microsoft is using the power of AI to enter new industries over the air with no human input.
The latest Windows 11 update has already turn hundreds of hard drives across the world into bricks, the primative building material still commonplace in construction today.
"With a simple over-the-air update we've been able to enter the brick manufacturing space with no need to buy equipment, set up logistics, or worry about storage." A representative from Microsoft said.
"This new approach is completely decentralised and user driven. Through the power of AI you might have a computer one day, and a brick the next."
But what are these bricks bring used to build? "Capability." Microsoft says. "As we use AI to write mode of our code and push it onto users, we will build the capability to build more and more products from user devices."
Doorstops, window jams, and paperweights were just a few of the potential new products listed that future Windows updates could create.
"There has never been a more exciting time to own a personal computer." Microsoft says. "As our TTB (Time To Brick) algorithms come into place, you never know what you're going to get with the next update.
Microsoft also wants to remind people that although this seems like an unexpected venture, the Redmond colossus is not new to the brick space. "The first generation Xbox 360, Windows phones, those first Windows 8 app store only tablets, Microsoft has been in the brick game for a long time."
Although there have been concerns about this approach, the Washington fixture is not concerned about the potential e-waste this could create. "This will only affect devices already running Windows."
Microsoft has recommended users keep the funds for a new computer in their bank accounts at all times.
