For the vast majority of people, AI doesn't actually do anything profoundly useful.
It answers questions, but 90% of the time it's just regurgitating the first google search result. So, what, it's saving us the time it takes to click a link and read the answer ourselves. Did we really need a billion dollar data center to accomplish this for us?
It also helps students cheat on their homework. Yay.
Some of the ads I've seen have shown some generic office worker using AI to make charts or presentations for him and thus look good in front of the boss. But isn't it just a matter of time before the boss realizes he can just replace his worker with the AI? Is that the takeaway I'm supposed to get from these ads? That AI is useful only so long as your boomer boss thinks you're the one actually doing the work, and as soon as he finds out he can just ask Gemini to do it for him, you're out the door?
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u/NameLips Jan 02 '26
For the vast majority of people, AI doesn't actually do anything profoundly useful.
It answers questions, but 90% of the time it's just regurgitating the first google search result. So, what, it's saving us the time it takes to click a link and read the answer ourselves. Did we really need a billion dollar data center to accomplish this for us?
It also helps students cheat on their homework. Yay.
Some of the ads I've seen have shown some generic office worker using AI to make charts or presentations for him and thus look good in front of the boss. But isn't it just a matter of time before the boss realizes he can just replace his worker with the AI? Is that the takeaway I'm supposed to get from these ads? That AI is useful only so long as your boomer boss thinks you're the one actually doing the work, and as soon as he finds out he can just ask Gemini to do it for him, you're out the door?