I do think it's kind of magical watching all of these companies implement features nobody wanted that only result in making everyone absolutely hate them.
I see that happening in my company! We discontinued services that were essential to our users but HEY! REJOICE! We have an ineffective AI chatbot on our website and AI on-air presenters! They don’t even care if the consumers are pissed off, it’s all about dazzling shareholders!
But we wouldn’t even exist without the viewers/website users! So at what point is losing them going to hurt the company more than what they gain in shareholders love? I had an upper manager tell me the loss in reputation is not a measurable metric so nobody cares about that!
The gap between Google and everyone implementing this AI garbage and the backlash was really confusing me. I was wondering how the market was allowing them to waste resources on unsuccessful garbage on a huge scale like that.
Has any tech development described as 'inevitable' in the last 15 years - basically since the last big trio of smartphones, streaming, and social media in the late 00s - actually turned out to be that? It's almost like a euphemism at this point
THE YEAR 2005
[portal opens]
29-YEAR-OLD ME: Oh my God, you're an older me from the future!
ME: Yep.
29-YO ME: Have you come to warn us of a looming disaster? Turn me away from a terrible fate? Or tell me what stocks to invest in?
ME: No.
29-YO ME: Then what?
ME: Just gotta Google something.
