• dhork@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Why the downvotes? It is a legit tech article, even if it’s about tech nobody asked for.

    My wife and I manage a lot of coordination just by sharing our Google calendars. And, in fact, she was a whiz at using the Google Assistant to do all sorts of cool stuff. But, this was Google Assistant before it got infected with all the newest AI. Google’s (Generative) AI actually made it all dumber.

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      5 hours ago

      Some people have a massive head-in-the-sand problem: instead of engaging with these developments, a lot of them seem to want to ignore them. As well as climate change deniers, there are now AI deniers too. 🙈

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    13 hours ago

    Google finally found the killer AI use case: becoming the unpaid third parent. CC reads the school emails, tracks appointments, fills permission slips, plans meals and updates the family calendar. Convenient, absolutely. Also a fascinating amount of family life to hand one company. The real household chore may be managing the permissions.