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As an end user, all I’ve seen from Google over the last few years is a search engine that can’t beat blogspam, a maps product that increasingly throws up bizarr
by spaceman_2020 4y ago
As an end user, all I’ve seen from Google over the last few years is a search engine that can’t beat blogspam, a maps product that increasingly throws up bizarre directions, and a Google Docs product that has had no meaningful updates.
Google has been fumbling the ball even in things it used to lead in.
- NicoJuicy 4y agoYou're timing is a bit unfortunate, 4 days ago - https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/6/23627809/google-docs-drive-ui-update-material https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/6/23627809/google-docs-drive... Blogspam has always been a cat and mouse game Maps works fine for me though, but that could be just my perception --- Microsoft has been rolling out updates fast though, their delivery pipeline is well done
- standing_user 4y agoIt doesn't change the point for Google docs & co, it's just a refresh of the UI not a breakthrough update with new features if I'm reading the news that you have posted
- NicoJuicy 4y agoWhat features were missing from Google docs?
- spaceman_2020 4y agoAt the very least, at this point, I'd expect Google Docs to bake in some basic AI-supplemented creation features. Just autosuggest doc titles as a start. Google Sheets could also use some AI magic to make data analysis a little easier.
- NicoJuicy 4y agoAnnouncing AI features, here you go - https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/generative-ai https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/gene... On a personal note, generating a filename suggestion is not exactly what I've got in mind with useful AI features.
- ChatGTP 4y agoI think Google has had the tech for a long time, they just see it as a stupid and wreckless product. Now their hand has been forced to respond, so we’re in a kind of dangerous arms race.
- spaceman_2020 4y agoI'm currently talking to chatGPT and asking it how to fetch and filter records from a mongoDB database with a NextJS frontend. I described my record and use case. It told me that I should use a combination of aggregation pipelines and standard queries. Then it gave me the exact code matching my model. This is far from a stupid and wreckless product.
- endisneigh 4y agoLol. Tell us what else it can do.
- CatWChainsaw 4y agoI found your typo funny - wreck and reckless it is both, but wreckless, it will not be!