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Okay. I'm a transhumanist. I like AI, automation, and the abolishment of involuntary labor as well as obligatory adversity. Even I thought this ad was super fucking creepy. How the fuck do you justify sending your daughter an auto-generated letter? Now, not only do you not care enough to do it yourself, you're lying to her about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfEEAfjb8Ko

Now we need the machine to write a handwritten letter, and sign it. To complete the effect of genuine human connection

I saw a similar ad in theaters this week, it started by asking Gemini to write a breakup letter and I thought my friend next to me was going to cry because she's going through a breakup but then right at the end it goes "...to my old phone, because the Pixel 9 is just so cool!"

Gemini is awesome, I use it all the time for applied algebra and coding but using it to replace human emotions is not awesome. Google can do better

I said all these things to my partner when I saw the ad as well.

I've spent more time helping my kid write Steam reviews of the games they're playing than this Dad did on writing a letter to his daughter's hero.

Simple as. Don't be surprised when the kid puts you in a crappy home to afford more Gemini credit or whatever.

this has to be just right

And then he couldn't even bother to choose the words himself

Okay, but what if I can't put my feelings into words? If even LLMs have a better grip on human emotion than me?

Edit: Well, then I wouldn't have a daughter in the first place; and I don't. Yay?

Robot, experience this dramatic irony for me!

"Dear Sydney" presents a world where Gemini can help us offload a heartwarming shared moment of connection with our children.

This is the problem I've had with the LLM announcements when they first came out. One of their favorite examples is writing a Thank You note.

The whole point of a Thank You note is that you didn't have to write it, but you took time out of your day anyways to find your own words to thank someone.

Being a non native English speaker this is actually one of the better uses of LLMs for me. When I need to write in "fancier" English I ask LLMs and use it as an initial point (sometimes end up doing heavy modifications sometimes light). I mean this is one of the more logical uses of LLM, it is good at languages (unlike trying it to get it to solve math problems).

And I dont agree with the pov that just because you use LLM output to find a good starting point it stops being personal.

Idk, I mean I think this is more honest and practical LLM advertising than what we've seen before

I like to say AI is good at what I'm bad at. I'm bad at writing emails, putting my emotions out there (unless I'm sleep deprived up to the point I'm past self consciousness), and advocating for my work. LLMs do what takes me hours in a few seconds, even running locally on my modest hardware.

AI will not replace workers without significant qualitative advancements... It can sure as hell smooth the edges in my own life

And Google turned off display of dislikes. Although it was for Apple's ad.

"Hey google, get me a dinner reservation at Dorsia"

Let's change the like button on youtube videos into an AI assistant that writes a three page email of thanks to the creator whenever it is pressed.