It's wild just how much they're trying to shove AI down our throats.

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[–] 38 points 11 months ago (5 children)

One day, literally every Gsuite product immediately and incessantly started nagging us to use Gemini. Fortunately our tech staff quickly switched it all off. We have slowly been re-enabling features that are useful like meeting transcriptions. I just wish these corporations could have more restraint. In previous waves of improvement in tech, usage dictated investment in new products. These days, they seem to feel the need to coerce us to use their products as they insist we should. I think users are getting fatigued by this dynamic. I used to be the first to install every update and try new apps and products. These days, I'm excited when I can stop using a product, and I don't think it's just due to age. It means I can stop having to be vigilant about some company I know is searching for ways to exploit me.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Yeah the MBA guys who pushed enshitification were empowered because their strategies made more money so they must know what they are doing right? Now things don't happen because they are better they happen because these guys think there is money. And the guys who used to pick the best ideas are out being rich somewhere

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  • [+] -7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I think this rollout could have been handled better. I am generally pro AI but I do think there are tasks it does not handle well (yet?) and places it is unnecessary or just shouldn't be used. On the other hand though I do think that it is partly age and being in tech a while you tend to get fatigued. Giddily wanting to try all the latest stuff only really works when the technology is new and immature or that you are new to the technology. People have been around digital technology for a while now so it's no longer exciting.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    In general its just wasteful use of power for answers that are easily found in other ways.

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