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benjojo posted 19 Dec 2024 12:03 +0000

"if you have been on a video call in the past year or so, you have probably been on a call that a AI assistant has joined"

(cite, a CF demo/ad)

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At this moment, I realised I am clearly in a entirely different orbit of existence to most of the tech companies

manawyrm@chaos.socia.. replied 19 Dec 2024 12:08 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/Q1zYzgWG8b9WCVtJ7p

@benjojo _YIKES_.

I'm thankful to also be in the EU where this sort of bullshit seems to be a bit more frowned upon.

benjojo replied 19 Dec 2024 12:13 +0000
in reply to: https://chaos.social/users/manawyrm/statuses/113679408228411307

@manawyrm Even the tech demo there just seems super obnoxious, I don't really understand how that is useful way. It has the vibes of a "we are in a meeting, let's invite a sub-par amazon alexa into a call", and it's not entirely clear what the upside is.

vidister@chaos.socia.. replied 19 Dec 2024 12:20 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/TVr1QJ1LqgTB1bcBmW

@benjojo @manawyrm "hey AI, say hola for me, because couldn't be bothered to spend 10 seconds to learn about the culture of my colleague but still want to look like I cared about them"

benjojo replied 19 Dec 2024 12:23 +0000
in reply to: https://chaos.social/users/vidister/statuses/113679456912265256

@vidister @manawyrm thinking about the Alexa-but-worse thing in meetings, I can imagine a actual use for the primary purpose of Alexa in meetings:

"Hey {X}, set a timer for 5 mins", "ok you can now argue about the config management until the timer goes off"

ledeuns@bsd.network replied 19 Dec 2024 12:26 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/Q1zYzgWG8b9WCVtJ7p

@benjojo And if you weren't in a video call, your AI avatar was 😂

dee@social.treehouse.. replied 19 Dec 2024 12:28 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/Q1zYzgWG8b9WCVtJ7p

@benjojo you have not seen gong.io then... it is everywhere, if a salesperson is in a zoom meeting, then gong is there making a transcript and summary

inverse@chaos.social replied 19 Dec 2024 12:38 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/Q1zYzgWG8b9WCVtJ7p

@benjojo "I'm gonna be honest, this is really weird and creepy, anyway here's the torment nexus we built"
what an utterly bizarre introduction