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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I never expected that they'd put generative AI in WhatsApp, like, why???
It's one of those things that everyone will be crazy about for a week and then... poof, it will just become irrelevant, because it doesn't really add anything substantial to what the chat app is already good for: chatting with our fellow humans.
Maybe it's Zucc's way to get us acquainted with treating bots like humans, so one day he can finally come out as a robot and be accepted by the wider society

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never expected that they'd put generative AI in WhatsApp, like, why???

it doesn't really add anything substantial to what the chat app is already good for: chatting with our fellow humans.

A lot of this is for WhatsApp Business. Meta are monetising WhatsApp. The idea is that businesses will use WhatsApp Business and the shitty AI features to (direct from their website): "Engage audiences, accelerate sales and drive better customer support outcomes on the platform with more than 2 billion users around the world."

What a cringe :(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Hmm, that makes a little bit more sense, but yes, still cringe corporate move trying to monetize on the AI craze

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure the robots want him, either.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's not about what people want, it's about what them want people to use.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Unnecessary feature bloat, that's what it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Snapchat did it. Meta needs to do it, too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Some people are crazy about sites like Character.ai, and people were using chatgpt as their own therapist when it first came out. There's an audience for these types of chatbots