The article discusses the author's frustration with Google's Gemini AI, which is intended to enhance productivity in Workspace apps. Initial experiences show that Gemini is not performing effectively, often providing overly lengthy responses that are not useful. Colleagues have compared it to the outdated Clippy assistant which was more annoying than helpful. The article highlights broader frustrations with on-device AI, noting its tendency to be intrusive and distracting rather than genuinely assistive, mirroring past failures in user interaction with technology.
On-device AI can do many wonderful things but in my experience so far, its best achievement is raising blood pressure.
The initial reaction across the ITPro team is quite scolding. I've heard 'Go away Gemini' a couple of times since it was made available.
The AI assistants that you and I use directly... try to learn from you. But at times it seems like they've been molded on the most annoying versions of us.
Why does on-device AI have to be so conspicuous? People don't even like notifications.
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