Gmail "Smart Reply"

[Beagle 2]

I noticed this pop up on my phone yesterday. A mate sent me an email consisting of the words "I'm crying", and I got the suggested reply buttons of "Me too", "What's wrong?" or "Why?". Nothing says I care like a perfunctory press of the "What's wrong?" button.

This was in a conversation about Chris Cornell. Later on, my mate joked that it sounded like the ex-singer of Soundgarden and ex-alive human might have died attempting an "Asphyxiwee", and Gmail suggested "Yes it does", "No it doesn't" and, hilariously, "I'll try it".

I mean, fuck off. I guess I knew that Gmail read my emails to sell me stuff, but I could do without it popping up to join in the conversation.

[Glebe]

This is just another step in the grand masterplan. We'll all be drones doing Trump's bidding shortly.

[Barry Admin]

* Barry Admin thinks this is bad and shit

[Barry Admin]

It's kind of staggering how... automated or templated communication is becoming. Click this, push that. Pick an emoji, here's a relevant selection. (I actually had to turn this off on my 5s).

Here's a bunch of emotions, click one. Your complicated opinions and views - determined by your unique life experience - can be boiled down to one of the following childish pictures.

[HappyTree]

Almost none of the "helpful" stuff computers suggest is any use. Twitter just changed its settings so I went in and was warned that turning off all the predicting what I like shite would be a bad move. Quel dommage. I actually just want to follow people and read what they say in a sequential manner. I don't need anyone to curate my life for me, thanks.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Sympathy reply