Let's put the privacy aspects of this off to the side for a second even though they're extremely important and definitely should be considered in the bigger picture.
People are NOT good at interpreting intent purely from text. This has been the subject of many studies and I even need to do training at work about it. Despite that, people are still infinitely better at it than what they call AI today. This will cause problems in communication, not help.
Also, privacy.
https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/05/the-gmail-app-will-now-create-ai-summaries-whether-you-want-them-or-not/
Mike Stone /
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2025-05-30 20:47:14
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