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In my humble opinion Google isn't solving new problems anymore. They created great company thanks to solving very important problem: people couldn't find right things on the Internet. Now it is all about ads and reducing number of taps required to order a pizza. The keynote is just boring.
Next step in Allo: just automatically pick the best "smart reply" for me, add "smart questions" and we can leave both sides of the conversation to the bots. "Have your AI assistant contact my AI assistant to work out the details" :)
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Why not just build the same features into Hangouts? It's already got enough momentum, instead they have to start from the ground floor yet again with a completely new app. Is it going to have SMS/MMS support built-in? Do I have to use it alongside Hangouts in the future? What features from Hangouts will I have to give up to use Allo? Are they going to sunset Hangouts, now that I've finally convinced (most) of my frie…
Google seems to have a lot of internal silos. The same can be observed in (historic?) Microsoft, current IBM, and other corporations. Perhaps the split into Alphabet with Google, et al. as subsidiaries will help? But I doubt it. Anyways, my point is: Someone has a good idea, they implement it, it reaches the point where it's not easily integrated into another product. Instead of strong corporate leadership directing…
Kind of cringey, feels like I'm watching a Sillicon Valley scene. Machine learning to one-hit reply "Cute dog"? Billions of dollars and these features seem pretty boring.
Why isn't this hangouts? Are they going to kill that too? I can't get onboard with any of these Google products because they drop them as soon as they have something "cooler"
It's completely nonsensical.
[Google announces Home, an Echo competitor] This seems cool. Echo is pretty neat but this space could use some competition. ["available later this year"] Ah, so it's doomed. Those four words are a death sentence, particularly from Google's hardware department.
I don't understand why anyone would want to have such a device in their home. How long before they start data mining conversations for better ad targeting? What if a state actor gets access to such devices? Is no one worried at all?
Question: "Jason you don't worry about the data Alexa is collecting on you and your conversations that you're having unwittingly around this device?
Answer: "Your privacy is an Illusion, uhh it's been gone for many years, the NSA is listening to any coversation it wants to through your phone already. So the idea that we have any privacy at this point is sort of laughable... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9fnY5rIjb4
In case you are wondering he's bullish on the Echo and Amazon
In my humble opinion Google isn't solving new problems anymore. They created great company thanks to solving very important problem: people couldn't find right things on the Internet. Now it is all about ads and reducing number of taps required to order a pizza. The keynote is just boring.
I don't know single person in Europe who uses his Android smartwatch after couple of months!