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TranscriptHere’s an example that Google’s Josh Woodward, VP of the Gemini app, Google Labs, and AI Studio, shared in a blog post about how Personal Intelligence can work. Google also put together a similar example in a video that I’ve embedded below:

For example, we needed new tires for our 2019 Honda minivan two weeks ago. Standing in line at the shop, I realized I didn’t know the tire size. I asked Gemini. These days any chatbot can find these tire specs, but Gemini went further. It suggested different options: one for daily driving and another for all-weather conditions, referencing our family road trips to Oklahoma found in Google Photos. It then neatly pulled ratings and prices for each. As I got to the counter, I needed our license plate. Instead of searching for it or losing my spot in line to walk back to the parking lot, I asked Gemini. It pulled the seven-digit number from a picture in Photos and also helped me identify the van’s specific trim by searching Gmail. Just like that, we were set.

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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 9 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

Shit, I get pissed off when the menu is behind a QR code i have to scan.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 1 points 16 minutes ago (1 children)

I literally don't have a QR-capable app on my phone, they can direct me to a written menu if they expect me to order something.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 4 minutes ago

Your camera will do it.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 23 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Working so hard to find a problem for the solution they've invented.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And they are going to destroy even the tiniest amount of progress we have made in countering carbon emission climate change. All progress complelely gone because their datacenters will use 10x more energy than we did before in a time where we should be looking to reduce our energy spending.

They will literally destroy all of us for the sake of shortsighted billions to their already huge pile of billions.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 14 minutes ago

people are forgetting how insanely power-hungry daha centers running crypto and HPC was/is. nevermind that all DCs were already replacing their equipment every third year. ai dcs aren't magically more power-dense, so blocking the building of new ones goes a long way.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 hour ago

That screenshot is such pyscho behavior. "Our algorithm will access any and all data it can on you to answer your question, whether you ask it to or not! Isn't that great??"

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 21 points 1 hour ago

And there is no cost at all, ever, for this "assistant" that has full access to every aspect of our life. Free and without consequences forever!

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 3 points 46 minutes ago

Agentic✨.

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 hour ago

Waiting for all the people who call Pizzacake's comics "strawmen" to flock to this post and do the same.