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With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work

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Re: With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work

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Post by chasd00 »

article mentions no plans to integrate to youtube but i bet it's added on the first update.

"One thing missing, though? Any sign of YouTube. You know, that other video service Google owns. Behr laughs when I mention it and says that there’s some tech shared between the products but that “the audience and use cases are pretty fundamentally different” between the two products. This is a work product, for workers, to use at work. “We’re trying to make sure we’re really supporting that use case, you know?”"

a lot of content for "work" ends up on youtube too.

Re: With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work

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Post by [deleted] »

cjk2 wrote: post #56
Seb-C wrote: post #25

Not bad, so instead of having people spend time making powerpoints and then give presentations while everyone else pretends to listen, now the presenter can auto generate it while everyone else pretends to have clicked the link. This is a more efficient way to waste time, it might actually succeed in many companies (until Google kills it anyway).

I'm wondering if this Dilbert was prophetic https://imgur.com/a/JB5g9Fx

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Re: With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work

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Post by lxgr »

arrosenberg wrote: post #51
baby wrote: post #39

I am sooo interested in this because I think loom is one of the best and most useful products for communicating knowledge. Especially in remote companies. But it’s not interactive! I want to be able for people to add and insert videos, and for me to insert responses or keep building a video based on what people asked. I’m surprised by the skepticism here. Slides suck ass to communicate ideas, and text is just not eno…

I'm personally skeptical because the only thing I want to do less than watch a presentation is be forced to watch a video.

How about attending a "webinar"?

Re: With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work

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Post by tehruhn »

tqi wrote: post #55

I absolutely LOATH it when people post a video instead of a document or deck (except in cases when they need to demo something) because they essentially offload the work onto the audience. Obviously there are exceptions, but in general writing an update requires the author plan what they want to communicate. In my experience, off-the-cuff Loom videos are often rambling and verbose, and leave it to the viewer to synth…

Good point! I think a useful addendum would be to only allow videos below a certain length - for instance, a 30 second/1 minute demonstration.

Re: With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work

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Post by guestbest »

hidelooktropic wrote: post #38

I've always been skeptical of generative AI being used to make slides. I like the idea of it, and maybe someday we will get there. But right now, they all feel like they are trying to fully automate the process where what I really want them to do is automate the tedious parts, co-piloting with me. Because what ends up happening is I need a high degree of precision and I have a very concrete idea of what I need to pre…

They are automating the parts you want to work on to replace you. The AI is there to be trained until the your part can be eliminated.

Re: With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work

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Post by cess11 »

Seems they just removed the presenters contact with the audience for the duration of a talk, putting a dead version of themselves in their place.

How is that "productivity"? Is this a reference to Google making more money compared to live talks?

I have a hard time perceiving it as anything but a solution looking for a problem.

Re: With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work

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Post by ipaddr »

tehruhn wrote: post #65
tqi wrote: post #55

I absolutely LOATH it when people post a video instead of a document or deck (except in cases when they need to demo something) because they essentially offload the work onto the audience. Obviously there are exceptions, but in general writing an update requires the author plan what they want to communicate. In my experience, off-the-cuff Loom videos are often rambling and verbose, and leave it to the viewer to synth…

Good point! I think a useful addendum would be to only allow videos below a certain length - for instance, a 30 second/1 minute demonstration.

If someone is doing a walkthrough give them the three minutes
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