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Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by rockemsockem » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:23 PM UTC

smith7018 wrote: post #18

izolate wrote: post #4

The first two are seemingly of questionable utility, but the 3rd feature (Help me write) is actually quite interesting. As of late, most of my public written responses (bar HN) have had some sort of collaboration with ChatGPT, and I've often wondered about a native browser integration. For those of us who struggle with communication, this is an exciting prospect!

I'm on the other end of the spectrum; I'm pretty worried that that feature will make it really easy to automate bot comments in-browser. It's sad that the internet as we knew it 3 years ago is gone forever and changes like this to push some team's OKRs means I won't be able to trust more online comments.

The Internet 3 years ago? Was that Internet that great?

Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by yanis_t » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:23 PM UTC

Here are some better ideas from the top of my head:

- summarise an article

- find information on a given topic (free-form input text)

- full voice control ("click that link", "read that article", "find this")

- auto-submit a captcha

Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by renewiltord » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:23 PM UTC

esha_manideep wrote: post #17

Having a feature to summarise the website would be a much better than the first two. As I constantly find myself wishing for such a feature :/

The Arc browser I use has that feature on hover.

Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by jklinger410 » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:24 PM UTC

Hoefner wrote: post #7

I hope the Chrome devs will add some features like those in Arc browser, such as summarizing content while hovering over a link and pressing Shift.

I hope the Arc Browser team makes their Chromium based project as cross-platform as Chromium itself.

Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by kccqzy » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:24 PM UTC

bogtog wrote: post #25

izolate wrote: post #4

The first two are seemingly of questionable utility, but the 3rd feature (Help me write) is actually quite interesting. As of late, most of my public written responses (bar HN) have had some sort of collaboration with ChatGPT, and I've often wondered about a native browser integration. For those of us who struggle with communication, this is an exciting prospect!

Is there any good AI autocomplete tool out there? The only LLM tool I like currently is GitHub copilot. I basically want copilot for gmail + MS word, but every product I've found wants me to prompt an AI.

Gmail already has content-based autocomplete. The feature is called Smart Compose: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/9116836?hl=en

I also find the UX much better than typical LLMs that require you to write a prompt first; it simply suggests continuations of your sentences that you can accept or ignore, without requiring you to switch your mind between writing for your intended email recipient and writing a prompt for the LLM.

Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by everdrive » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:25 PM UTC

I don't want any AI features in anything. Yet another reason to avoid Chrome. I have Chrome installed solely to watch netflix on Linux.

Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by ugh123 » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:26 PM UTC

Love the textarea integration. I wish Chrome could do a better job of saving "drafts" and/or backing up text somehow. Adding long content is a constant worry for me to lose it somehow to an error or accidentally closed tab.

Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by marricks » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:28 PM UTC

yanis_t wrote: post #32

Here are some better ideas from the top of my head: - summarise an article - find information on a given topic (free-form input text) - full voice control ("click that link", "read that article", "find this") - auto-submit a captcha

Seriously, their first example seems useless to most people. Naming a tab group??? That doesn't take any time, little thought, and who does that regularly?

Summarizing an article seems like something everyone else can do OK. It's a huge avenue for bias (maybe that's why it's reasonably elided) but at least it's actually useful.

Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by darkhorse222 » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:30 PM UTC

The last thing I want is further telemetry from Chrome to Google. I'm so glad I switched to Firefox. This should be an API, not a browser integration.

Re: Chrome experimental AI features

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Post by summerlight » Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 7:31 PM UTC

marricks wrote: post #38

yanis_t wrote: post #32

Here are some better ideas from the top of my head: - summarise an article - find information on a given topic (free-form input text) - full voice control ("click that link", "read that article", "find this") - auto-submit a captcha

Seriously, their first example seems useless to most people. Naming a tab group??? That doesn't take any time, little thought, and who does that regularly? Summarizing an article seems like something everyone else can do OK. It's a huge avenue for bias (maybe that's why it's reasonably elided) but at least it's actually useful.

It's not just naming, but grouping as well. If you have 200 tabs and don't want to spend too much time on it, this can be very helpful.