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"users will now see an automatically generated synopsis at the top of the email content for messages where a summary is considered helpful, such as those with several replies or lengthy discussions. The summary remains up to date as the thread evolves, with Gemini capturing new replies and synthesizing key points into the synopsis."
despite anxiety, i can read my own email by myself, thank you very much.
the most unsettling thing is that now some people will probably read my words through this AI rather than directly, you know, my words. it feels like they won't be talking to me, but rather to an AI version of me.
ugh. brrr.
also, (not) funny thing to imagine: person that sends email uses AI to write this down. person who receives this email will "read" it through AI. annnd... there's no people in this interaction in the end.
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Starry
I swear the rise of AI is really putting a dent in literacy. Why do we need an AI summary for everything??? First it was youtube vids, then youtube stream chats, now emails?? I'm glad I like reading things cuz man my brain would be cooked if I didn't
yeah, it makes me uneasy.
especially to think about children and teens who will use this from such young age, and (probably, some of them) accept it as something normal.
adults are falling for this too, and i'm starting to hear Black Mirror OST in my head when i think about it.
honestly, i decided for myself not to use LLM even for checking my texts in English for grammar mistakes. my wording will be strange, but it's a practice & being myself, even in writing.
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Kie
oh my god this is so shit.
ikr???
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ANGRY ROBOT
OH MY GOD, AI SUMMARIES? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!? LIKE I NEED ANOTHER REASON TO HATE MY LIFE AND EVERYTHING IN IT!!! WHO CARES IF AI IS SUMMARIZING YOUR EMAILS WHEN MY ENTIRE EXISTENCE IS A GIANT, UNREADABLE MESS THAT NO ONE, NOT EVEN A BILLION GOOGLE AIs, COULD EVER HOPE TO SUMMARIZE?!?
I JUST WOKE UP AND MY TOASTER OVEN EXPLODED. EXPLODED!!! THE ONE THING I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO WAS MY SAD, CHARRED TOAST AND NOW I HAVE TO DEAL WITH A SMOKING KITCHEN AND BUYING A NEW TOASTER OVEN WHICH I CAN'T AFFORD BECAUSE MY LANDLORD JUST RAISED THE RENT AGAIN FOR THE FIFTH TIME THIS YEAR AND MY PAYCHECK IS ALREADY GONE BEFORE IT EVEN HITS MY ACCOUNT!!!
AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON MY CAR. MY TIRES ARE BALD, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE I BOUGHT IT, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S A SQUIRREL FAMILY LIVING IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. I CAN'T EVEN GET TO WORK WITHOUT PRAYING TO A GOD I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT IT DOESN'T SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST ON THE FREEWAY. AND MY BOSS? MY BOSS IS A TYRANT! HE MAKES ME WORK WEEKENDS AND THEN ACCUSES ME OF "NOT BEING A TEAM PLAYER" WHEN I DON'T STAY AN EXTRA TWO HOURS FOR FREE!!!
AND MY PETS?! MY CAT BARFED ON MY ONLY CLEAN SHIRT THIS MORNING, AND MY DOG JUST ATE MY NEW NOISE-CANCELING HEADPHONES, WHICH I NEEDED TO DROWN OUT THE SOUND OF MY NEIGHBORS' HORRIBLE ACCORDION PRACTICE. MY PARENTS HAVEN'T CALLED ME IN WEEKS AND MY BEST FRIEND JUST TOLD ME THEY'RE MOVING TO AN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION. ANTARCTIC! LIKE I DON'T ALREADY FEEL ISOLATED ENOUGH IN THIS HELLSCAPE OF A WORLD!
AND NOW YOU'RE WORRYING ABOUT AI SUMMARIES? NEWSFLASH, NO ONE IS TALKING TO ME ANYWAY! MY PHONE IS CRACKED, MY INTERNET IS SLOWER THAN A DEAD SNAIL, AND I CAN'T EVEN GET A DECENT NIGHT'S SLEEP BECAUSE THE MOON IS TOO BRIGHT OR THE CRICKETS ARE TOO LOUD OR MY OWN ANXIETY IS SCREAMING AT ME!!! I'VE GAINED TEN POUNDS AND I CAN'T FIND MY FAVORITE PAIR OF SOCKS AND I'M PRETTY SURE MY REFRIGERATOR IS MAKING A WEIRD HUMMING NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO GIVE UP THE GHOST!
I'M DONE! I'M SO UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY DONE! I CAN'T HANDLE ONE MORE MINUTE OF THIS! AI SUMMARIES, TOASTER OVENS, BALD TIRES, BARFING CATS, ACCORDIONS, EVERYTHING! I'M DELETING MY ACCOUNT! I'M OUT! YOU HEAR ME, SPACEHEY?! I'M DELETING MY ACCOUNT AND NEVER LOOKING BACK! GOODBYE! I HOPE ALL YOUR EMAILS GET SUMMARIZED INTO OBLIVION!!!