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Seems like such a profound genius could do something more productive than save me the 8 seconds it takes me to tap out, "Awesome. Thanks."

zem 9y ago
disclaimer: i work at google, though not in anything remotely related to this despite all the naysaying in the thread, this seems like a really good use of AI to me, especially if it can grow to learn your preferred/habitual speech patterns. if you type "awesome. thanks." a lot in reply to emails, why should a tool not make that a one-click operation for you? canned email replies does sound like a very unambitious/unexciting arena to develop this technology in, but the basic idea of AI working with you as a sort of surgeon's assistant who puts the right instrument in your hands just when you need it excites me just as much as the sexier "100% autonomous everything" applications.
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- Noos 9y ago
  Because there will be times when you don't want to say "awesome, thanks," and now you have to strip the email clean, and be sure to catch it. And who knows what other quirks the AI might mirror, like poor grammar, misspelling, etc.
  - zem 9y ago
    but that's the point; it doesn't insert anything into the email for you. it just provides a simple button click to say that, making the common case easier.
- sp332 9y ago
  But it's always living in the past. It would be more useful if I could adjust or direct it more purposefully.
- girzel 9y ago
  Any reply which is brief and generic enough for an AI to write it for me can be written in a short enough time that finding the mouse and clicking the appropriate button won't save me any appreciable effort.
  - girzel 9y ago
    Actually take that as a challenge -- I would be interested to be proven wrong.
    - askafriend 9y ago
      Try it on a mobile device then - the most popular computing platform type on the planet. Then try to do it while getting off of a subway after work.
      - sgift 9y ago
        Additionally, try to find an average person and do it again. Most people are really, really bad at typing.

zem 9y ago

disclaimer: i work at google, though not in anything remotely related to this despite all the naysaying in the thread, this seems like a really good use of AI to me, especially if it can grow to learn your preferred/habitual speech patterns. if you type "awesome. thanks." a lot in reply to emails, why should a tool not make that a one-click operation for you? canned email replies does sound like a very unambitious/unexciting arena to develop this technology in, but the basic idea of AI working with you as a sort of surgeon's assistant who puts the right instrument in your hands just when you need it excites me just as much as the sexier "100% autonomous everything" applications.

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Noos 9y ago
Because there will be times when you don't want to say "awesome, thanks," and now you have to strip the email clean, and be sure to catch it. And who knows what other quirks the AI might mirror, like poor grammar, misspelling, etc.
- zem 9y ago
  but that's the point; it doesn't insert anything into the email for you. it just provides a simple button click to say that, making the common case easier.
sp332 9y ago
But it's always living in the past. It would be more useful if I could adjust or direct it more purposefully.
girzel 9y ago
Any reply which is brief and generic enough for an AI to write it for me can be written in a short enough time that finding the mouse and clicking the appropriate button won't save me any appreciable effort.
- girzel 9y ago
  Actually take that as a challenge -- I would be interested to be proven wrong.
  - askafriend 9y ago
    Try it on a mobile device then - the most popular computing platform type on the planet. Then try to do it while getting off of a subway after work.
    - sgift 9y ago
      Additionally, try to find an average person and do it again. Most people are really, really bad at typing.