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I fail to see a useful usage for AI in this case. Couldn't you just print the product number as a barcode/qrcode and let a "dumb code scanner" read it, instead

I fail to see a useful usage for AI in this case. Couldn't you just print the product number as a barcode/qrcode and let a "dumb code scanner" read it, instead of having to download a multifunctional LLM?

crinkly 1y ago
Yep. When the only tool you know is the hammer you're going to hit inappropriate things with it.
shellac 1y ago
The author works in Google developer relations, and while devrel aren't quite marketing they will use the latest and greatest Google hammer.
- bee_rider 1y ago
  His demo is pretty slick, though. Less than 100 lines of code to get “the box I want on literally every customer service site.”
  - mrbombastic 1y ago
    Yeah maybe it is overkill but this would be a semi hard computer vision task not too long ago, it is pretty amazing you can get it that easily nowadays
  - sokoloff 1y ago
    Less than 100 lines of code to give the overwhelming majority of consumers "LanguageModel is not available." and a free snipe hunt for 0.5% of them to try to figure out how to enable it via chrome flags or snapshot browsers.
  - pjmlp 1y ago
    Provided one is using ChromeOS "standards".
- keybored 1y ago
  So now marketing is working through the disgruntled-at-stupid-tech HN bait (as someone who works on the built-in AI team)? Or wait, how long have they been doing that?
  - deleted 1y ago
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contravariant 1y ago
They could, that very qr code is on there and contains the product number and serial number inside a URL query that links to qr.electrolux.com. The page loads but doesn't offer to register the product, which is probably for the best.
pbhjpbhj 1y ago
I was thinking just have it included in the QR code, so the URL the QR points to is prod-reg.example.com/pid/91234567 or whatever.
- yonatan8070 1y ago
  Why even have to register the product in the first place? When I buy a Lenovo laptop from any store, it just has a warranty associated with the serial number, and if I need support or repair, I can just contact Lenovo, and get service under the warranty.
mvdtnz 1y ago
The author's own AI demo falls on its face with "Identify product number LanguageModel is not available" too.

crinkly 1y ago

Yep. When the only tool you know is the hammer you're going to hit inappropriate things with it.

shellac 1y ago

The author works in Google developer relations, and while devrel aren't quite marketing they will use the latest and greatest Google hammer.

bee_rider 1y ago
His demo is pretty slick, though. Less than 100 lines of code to get “the box I want on literally every customer service site.”
- mrbombastic 1y ago
  Yeah maybe it is overkill but this would be a semi hard computer vision task not too long ago, it is pretty amazing you can get it that easily nowadays
- sokoloff 1y ago
  Less than 100 lines of code to give the overwhelming majority of consumers "LanguageModel is not available." and a free snipe hunt for 0.5% of them to try to figure out how to enable it via chrome flags or snapshot browsers.
- pjmlp 1y ago
  Provided one is using ChromeOS "standards".
keybored 1y ago
So now marketing is working through the disgruntled-at-stupid-tech HN bait (as someone who works on the built-in AI team)? Or wait, how long have they been doing that?
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]

contravariant 1y ago

They could, that very qr code is on there and contains the product number and serial number inside a URL query that links to qr.electrolux.com. The page loads but doesn't offer to register the product, which is probably for the best.

pbhjpbhj 1y ago

I was thinking just have it included in the QR code, so the URL the QR points to is prod-reg.example.com/pid/91234567 or whatever.

yonatan8070 1y ago
Why even have to register the product in the first place? When I buy a Lenovo laptop from any store, it just has a warranty associated with the serial number, and if I need support or repair, I can just contact Lenovo, and get service under the warranty.

mvdtnz 1y ago

The author's own AI demo falls on its face with "Identify product number LanguageModel is not available" too.