Gemini referencing real-life moments when prompted to write a birthday letter shows how effectively Google is leveraging user data to craft personalized content
#AISucks [image] Damon Beres / @damonberes.com : Very smart (and fun) story by @lilashroff.bsky.social about the present and near future of hyper-personalized generative AI. Google, sitting on years and years of emails, documents, and more, may only become more dominant. X: Michael Wear / @michaelrwear : “Sort of” doing a lot of work here since AI CANNOT DRAFT AN INTIMATE LETTER
From the bottom of my heart, just don't send me a card or letter or email or any of the above. I do not want it. I would rather think you forgot my birthday. I would rather get a two word text that simply says happy birthday. You are not my friend if you cannot give me that, …
Some people seem to think AI is a good thing and I just cannot fathom why. This article is praising an AI written birthday letter, which means less than nothing because it was not created by the person in the meaningful relationship with that friend. [embedded post]
Very smart (and fun) story by @lilashroff.bsky.social about the present and near future of hyper-personalized generative AI. Google, sitting on years and years of emails, documents, and more, may only become more dominant.