AI is really here?

Daniel Toledo — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 20:06:16 +0000

I've recently seen a craze about AI. Every application promises integrated AI. But for me, many are simply using it as marketing strategy. I tried using Jira, and it has an AI feature that supposedly just requires me to describe what I need in the search. But instead, I still have to set up the query filter in the same way.

A friend enthusiastically told me he was looking at a washing machine with AI. I asked: What AI features does it have?

He said: You can connect it to your phone, and it will notify you when the washing cycle is finished, things like that.

Really? Is that what people understand as AI? And the funny thing is, this guy is an excellent software architect! He's in the field! How could he fall for it so easily?

Okay, maybe there are marketing powers to which we are not immune. But I still find it absurd.

Are we really using Google because it is better?

Daniel Toledo — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:56:24 +0000

Hey guys.

I started to find Google searches a bit biased, not finding old news that I know I've already seen. Sometimes news that is trending in some countries related to my country does not appear, but when I go through other search engines it appears.

I think Google has an incredible ecosystem that integrates between Email (Gmail), Video (Youtube), Search Engine (Google), Office (Docs), Browser (Chrome), Adsense (Adds), Blogs (blogger)

But recently I started to value my privacy more and started discovering other very good services! Like Proton mail, DuckduckGo, OnlyOffice...

Are we really using Google because it is better?

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AI is really here?

Are we really using Google because it is better?