Google is updating the Play Store with AI-powered app reviews and curated spaces. The company hopes it’ll be a place for people to just hang out.

  • @Alexstarfire
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    12 months ago

    I’d like to say I’ve never seen that but that sounds like something you wouldn’t notice unless you checked for it. I decided to turn off auto-updates altogether because I didn’t like taking updates that took away functionality or changed the layout for no reason.

    • @toasteecup
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      12 months ago

      I like making sure I’m up to date with software I used but I get where you’re coming from. I just checked to see how my apps are doing and 11 had updates.

      How about the feature, does it sound like something you’d use?

          • @Alexstarfire
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            12 months ago

            I’m rarely even in the store so I don’t care. And by rarely I mean I think I’ve used the store like 3 times since seeing up my phone.

            • @toasteecup
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              12 months ago

              Makes sense, I really want to understand who the the full target audience for this is and who thought up the idea. I smell middle managlement bullshit but maybe there’s more to it than that

              • @Alexstarfire
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                22 months ago

                IME the goal is to find as many places to shove AI as can. Sense barely comes into play.

          • @Kiernian
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            12 months ago

            Curated spaces where we can…interact with bots?

            I mean we already have social media and most people don’t particularly like bots THERE, why would anyone want them impersonating people in MORE places?

            Now, if someone fed a bot all of the manuals, faq’s, and support topics for an app like TREK: Total Interface and made it known it was a support chatbot, maybe I’d use THAT when I wanted help with the app because it’s complex enough that such a thing might be USEFUL, but otherwise? No.

            AI bots should serve people, not the other way around.