I kept imagining it would generate responses based on MY past emails until the end of the article. Example "When does your flight leave for Paris?", I was imagining it would pull the info from Google Now to reply "Friday at 9am", but I don't think it is built for this type of specific question.
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#12Where's the "sorry, I won't be able to make it." in the server dropping email.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
The most obvious answer for me is that the computer could tell people to take interest if the email matches some criteria. So it isn't the intrusive one, but it could automate finding people to intrude on.
Do you think that this hasn't been happening? As someone posting on tech site, you should be aware that they scan emails for keywords, probably google and certainly the NSA. Furthermore, training LSTM networks on emails has nothing to do with what you are concerned about.
Whether or not it is currently happening really has no bearing on whether or not it should happen.
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#14While the technology is very cool, this pushes me that much closer to a "dumber" email service. It's always a conflict for me as I love shiny new things, but I'd rather we let AI loose on someone else's email, especially when the AI's revenue stream is advertising (a business predicated on knowing as much as possible about your audience).
I don't think I understand your reasoning. You're already tolerating an AI processing your email to produce the ads, so assuming that, why does a cool new feature push you closer towards a "dumber" service?
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#15I just started reading Avogadro Corp ( http://www.amazon.com/Avogadro-Corp-Singularity-Closer-Appea... ) this weekend, and this reminds me quite a lot of the emergent AI that figures heavily in the story (ELOPe). A quick synopsis: developers build a system to "improve" responses from emails. The system at some point is given the ability to send emails on its own, and a poorly issued directive. It's been an engaging r…
You'll love the ending. I highly recommend you read the sequel as well: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007FZVI2M/
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#16It's not available for Google Apps users or am I missing something? It doesn't show any replies to me...
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#17Waiting for the news about social and legal problems that will happen from typing on the wrong answer.
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#18> Another bizarre feature of our early prototype was its propensity to respond with “I love you” to seemingly anything Is it trained mostly on personal gmail accounts?
I love you! We should go out some time.
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#19It's not available for Google Apps users or am I missing something? It doesn't show any replies to me...
"available later this week", they should of released this blog post when it was available.
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#20While the technology is very cool, this pushes me that much closer to a "dumber" email service. It's always a conflict for me as I love shiny new things, but I'd rather we let AI loose on someone else's email, especially when the AI's revenue stream is advertising (a business predicated on knowing as much as possible about your audience).
You can make gmail "dumber" by using the IMAP api and then encrypt your email? Unless you use google apps for work since you aren't paying for the service you are the product.