Google dusts off the failed Google+ playbook to fight ChatGPT

Re:Google dusts off the failed Google+ playbook to fight Cha... by simonw on Friday March 10, 2023 @06:34PM (#35102846)

Aha! Yeah I see where you're coming from now. There's a huge amount of hype around this stuff which is completely unjustified: it's not going to replace programmers! It's (hopefully) not going to put vast numbers of people out of work.

My interest in it is this: given this (flawed) technology exists, what are the things we can use it for that are genuinely useful and help us build interesting things that we may not have built before.

I've been finding an increasing number of areas where it gives me a 10-30% productivity boost... and a few areas like the above one where that tips me from "not going to do that project" to "doing that project". Those are what's exciting to me, far away from the breathless hype around this stuff.

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Re:Google dusts off the failed Google+ playbook to fight Cha... by wpietri on Saturday March 11, 2023 @10:37AM (#35109136)

Yes, exactly. This article is about how Google wants to put this into everything. "A new internal directive requires 'generative artificial intelligence' to be incorporated into all of its biggest products within months." I think a lot of people are skipping the "what are the things we can use it for that are genuinely useful" step. Glad to see people actually doing that, so thanks for explaining further.

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