CHAPTER 15
Putting AI to Work with Copilot
Windows comes with a feature called Microsoft Copilot that acts as a kind of smart assistant that helps you do some computer-related tasks faster and more efficiently. Whether it is answering questions, writing text, or generating images, Copilot can help.

Understanding Microsoft Copilot
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Understanding Microsoft Copilot
Copilot is the smart assistant that Microsoft is incorporating into most of its products, including Windows. To get the most out of Copilot, it helps to understand some background concepts about what Copilot is and how it works. These concepts include artificial intelligence, large language models, and natural language interaction. With these concepts in mind, you will find it easier and more natural to interact with Copilot.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Copilot is an example of artificial intelligence (AI), which is software that enables a computer to perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence. Human-level tasks that Copilot can perform include understanding language; conversing naturally with human partners; generating text such as memos, essays, and poems; creating images from text descriptions; summarizing the contents of documents; understanding ...
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