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Re: Googlebook

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Post by l3x4ur1n »

Jzush wrote: post #305

Gross. This is just more proof that corporations simply don't know how to market AI. Everything is an ad for an ad at this point. The very first thing they show this new machine doing is helping people shop for clothes using AI. No one is doing that, these people don't exist. No matter how hard corporate America wishes they did. This is why AI doesn't sell. This is why companies like Microsoft and Dell are pulling ba…

I use AI to research different options when buying. Eg, I used Google Search AI Mode to search for specific t-shirts with specific attributes. And I found what I was looking for and bought it.

Thanks to AI I did not have to parse through a lot of different vendors and different webpages manually.

Re: Googlebook

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Post by mettamage »

Kadecgos wrote: post #402

So, I'm only slightly trying to be a smartass here, but... Who is this for? They are marketing what is ostensibly a computer for people who seem to not want to use a computer in scenarios that I don't think even exist. Beyond that, this is a laptop that is running a really shitty, 'apps only, no you cannot do anything useful with this' operating system. I have an awful lot of complaints about MacOS's relatively restr…

> So, I'm only slightly trying to be a smartass here, but... Who is this for?

You're not the only one asking this. I'm right there with you.

Re: Googlebook

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Post by nfw2 »

Jzush wrote: post #305

Gross. This is just more proof that corporations simply don't know how to market AI. Everything is an ad for an ad at this point. The very first thing they show this new machine doing is helping people shop for clothes using AI. No one is doing that, these people don't exist. No matter how hard corporate America wishes they did. This is why AI doesn't sell. This is why companies like Microsoft and Dell are pulling ba…

I shop for clothes with ai

Re: Googlebook

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Post by lionkor »

Wait, it's... just all AI?

> Check responses. Internet connection required. 18+. Results may vary based on visual matches and are for illustrative purposes only. Sequences shortened.

My next startup will be a company selling cars, with a little disclaimer at the bottom: "Car features not guaranteed to work. Drive infrequently and slowly."

Re: Googlebook

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Post by tjpnz »

lionkor wrote: post #835

Wait, it's... just all AI? > Check responses. Internet connection required. 18+. Results may vary based on visual matches and are for illustrative purposes only. Sequences shortened. My next startup will be a company selling cars, with a little disclaimer at the bottom: "Car features not guaranteed to work. Drive infrequently and slowly."

For entertainment purposes only.

Re: Googlebook

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Post by egorfine »

robbie-c wrote: post #333
Jzush wrote: post #305

Gross. This is just more proof that corporations simply don't know how to market AI. Everything is an ad for an ad at this point. The very first thing they show this new machine doing is helping people shop for clothes using AI. No one is doing that, these people don't exist. No matter how hard corporate America wishes they did. This is why AI doesn't sell. This is why companies like Microsoft and Dell are pulling ba…

Huh, I shopped for clothes using AI today. Not super relevant to the Googlebook ad, but in case the perspective is interesting to you: I'm quite tall (194cm) but not very wide, so I usually struggle with buying clothes online. I used AI to scrape a bunch of clothing stores to see whether they sold a men's shirt with an LT or slim fit size, in stock, and matching a particular vibe.

You realize that if anything, this way of using AI for shopping is something corporate would rather hate?

By using AI to filter out results, you don't see ads, upsells, other products, recommendations, reviews, dark patterns, etc.

Re: Googlebook

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Post by lionkor »

Phew, good to know LLMs still can't make a good product or market it properly. Yes, people will buy it--if that's your standard for "good product", you should apply to Google :)

Re: Googlebook

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Post by egorfine »

altern8 wrote: post #610
spiralcoaster wrote: post #280

What's funny is that these days if I see a Google product that I'm even remotely interested in, I just immediately write it off because I know it's something they will kill in a very short time frame. It's just never worth the hassle of buying/using a Google product. Never.

I was interested but then just immediately wrote it off because of the AI-centric marketing. Why anything AI make me want to buy a whole laptop? I can use AI from websites, apps, etc. already.

> I was interested but then just immediately wrote it off because of the AI-centric marketing.

Same here.

We're not the target audience for this product. In fact, we're as far as possible from it.

Re: Googlebook

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Post by cyberrock »

Jzush wrote: post #305

Gross. This is just more proof that corporations simply don't know how to market AI. Everything is an ad for an ad at this point. The very first thing they show this new machine doing is helping people shop for clothes using AI. No one is doing that, these people don't exist. No matter how hard corporate America wishes they did. This is why AI doesn't sell. This is why companies like Microsoft and Dell are pulling ba…

Funny, clothes shopping is actually my favorite personal use of AI.

A while back I was driven nearly insane because I discovered that 90% of hiking pants don't have a rear left pocket. Some clothing designers have some specific vendetta against it that I just cannot figure out. As a user of said pocket who wanted to buy compatible hiking pants instead of changing my pocket usage habits, I wasted hours looking at photos and browsing physical stores to no avail. In the end I just surrendered and let $Skynet suggest some for me, which it happily did immediately.

I don't know which universe you hail from where Google Search would give that information prior to LLMs, but I don't think I came from that timeline.

But if your claim is that no one needs specific hardware to do that instead of just pulling up $Skynet.com, then I completely agree.

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