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[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

A single message now generates 20 different summaries and analyses, requiring a rack of GPUs and a diesel generator.

We're so lucky that electricity is unlimited and free, otherwise it might've caused a serious problem.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Most email is short. I don't see a need to summarize it. Google is run by idiots and assholes.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ai will write complicated long mails, you'll need an Ai to summarise it

If an email needs to be summarized, I'm not going to read it anyway.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ive actually used it at work for stuff like "when did Wendy approve the design? did she send it to brian?" when I have 5 different email threads over 3 different organizations, with 10 different respondees. But in personal use I would never.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If mine could do that "find me the approval email for x last week" I'd use it, but if outlook had a decent search I wouldn't need it.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Outlook has search?!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Eat more AI! We’ve spent hundreds of billions of dollars on this fucking garbage, so EAT IT! Yeah! It’s in your email! It’s in your car! IT’S IN YOUR TEETH (launch date: Q2 2026)!

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why is it never the other way around? I’m sick of EULA updates silently enrolling me into things i never asked for

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They are asking for legal trouble anyway, at least in Europe

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And we’ll just watch them either get slapped by an insignificant fine, or watch them weasel their way out of this again, by claiming they made you agree to some perpetual abandonment of rights, like they always do

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Or pay a fine of half a billion or so, but only 15 years later

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Plus the options are frequently hidden and unclear.

I thought disabling One Drive on my Windows machine would keep it from syncing to the cloud. Nope, it just changed where the files were stored but Windows copies it to One Drive even when One Drive isn't running.

In the case of google, I assume that turning off the Gemini bullshit doesn't have any impact on it copying all the content to their servers even if you don't see it happening.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cool, how do I disable this shit feature?

[–] donalonzo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Stop using the shit service.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You go ahead and waste resources on summarizing the 200 emails a day in my spam account, you fucking morons.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gemini has popped up pnce since it became a thing. I simply clicked no and it's gone away. So hopefully it stays away.

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately not. That's like saying "A burglar put a spycam in my house once. I simply said no and he removed it. So hopefully it stays that way". It's there, you just can't see it now.