Google's harmful and careless use of AI

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a year ago

I cannot think of anything more harmful to already struggling small businesses, than an AI calling with questions.

https://www.theverge.com/news/708210/google-ai-phone-calls-ai-mode-gemini-upgrade

Let's take an example. Curl. They've been having endless issues with AI bug reports. It's a time waste, useless, and literally sapping their strength:

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/14/death-by-a-thousand-slops/

Do you think people clicking to call will fare any better? It's opt-out! Busy small business owners will finding themselves pummeled with weird random calls. The literally will not understand what is being asked, who is calling, or why.

I find this to be highly dubious, ethically. I cannot imagine any good coming from it.

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