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[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I stumble upon AI tools accidentally a few times a year and it's always a disappointment (if I ever had any hope about this crap). Recently Gemini was added to my Gmail at work, it sounded like a broken record but the music was not enjoyable:

me: how do I turn off Gemini?

Gemini: go to the settings and turn off the recommandations.

me: it's not working obviously, how do I turn that off?

Gemini: go to the settings and turn off the recommandations.

[repeat forever]

I used uBlock to remove the stupid icon instead, I don't want to waste my time with this.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

you: how do i turn off gemini

gemini: i drink your data milkshake :)

[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We all know the real use case is chatbots tricking people into embarrassing themselves. Ideally in court documents.