cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14392924
WhatsApp is getting an AI chatbot because of course it is
Adding ChatGPT to chat apps will save users a lot of copy/pasting, right. South Park perfectly described a use case last year.
I am so very tired of every company nonsensically shoehorning “AI” into their software to appease shareholders and investors. Discord shut down their AI chatbot in less than a year – take notes from that.
It also attracts users. Using fad “tech” terminology makes them feel superior than the rest. They think “Oh I’m a tech expert because I use an AI toaster”.
Another good example are “gaming” web browsers. Some people actually think they’re better (beyond the looks).
This is a basic marketing strategy. It actually works (just for selling nonsense, of course).
Pretty much every web browser except Firefox is just Chromium with some extra crap slapped on it, they’re all functionally the same.
I generally agree.
Nonetheless, Vivaldi does outclass the clones.
“all the clones are the same except my clone”
And Safari. But that’s hardware locked, so it’s not really better - it’s just not based on Chromium.
