Snobby Salesforce Thinks They’re So Cool with SlackGPT

Rumor has it, the show-offs at Salesforce can’t sit still for five minutes without coming up with some other way to toot their own horn. Now they’re launching “SlackGPT,” a so-called “generative AI-powered experience” meant to improve communication in the Slack app (you know, that thing career zombies use to avoid actual human interaction).

Prepare for More Pointless Buzzwords

Apparently, people think Slack suffers from not being annoying enough. So this SlackGPT aims to transform the way workaholics interact, by making it even more bloated with obnoxious tech-lingo. They’re hyping up its ability to provide summaries, answer questions, translate languages, and whatnot, as if we couldn’t already achieve that with our puny human brains. But hey, at least you can now avoid Karen from Accounting with technology as your excuse.

The Implications: More Techno-Babbling to Ruin Your Day

Sure, people are going to spew buzzwords about how this artificial nonsense is going to make communication more efficient, or whatever. But let’s cut that baloney and admit that it’s just another method to make companies “think” they’re advancing. Congratulations, we played ourselves.

Hot Take: No Thanks, I’d Rather Talk to a Brick Wall

Gather round for my brutally honest take on this whole debacle. This SlackGPT gizmo is just a way for Salesforce to show off and reel in more robots (I mean, clients) with new, shiny things. They’re using our collective dependency on technology to push their agenda, while the rest of us shout into the abyss like it’s our new favorite pastime. So next time Salesforce pitches something cool like SlackGPT, let’s just give ’em a slow clap and get back to talking to the far more interesting brick wall in the break room.

Original article:https://venturebeat.com/ai/salesforce-launches-slackgpt-embracing-generative-ai-for-enterprise-workflows/