Cheap AI Meeting Assistant Mimics Workers, Wastes Companies’ Money

To summarize this painfully dull article: some empty heads came up with the idea of creating an AI meeting assistant that could answer specific questions about meeting content. It could automatically generate summaries and identify so-called ‘important information’. You must be wondering now just what we needed, the human behavior botted into a machine, creating the ultimate assistant drained of any creativity, individuality, or soul.

Possible ‘Implications’ of the Nuts and Bolts Assistant

This ‘revolutionary’ technology would make it easier for you to sip on your overpriced coffee while staring blankly at a spreadsheet, not having to worry about the important things happening during meetings. Yes, it’s saving you precious time that you would instead spend gossiping about your boss’s obvious toupee. Ridiculous fits you well, but also, it feeds the overly tech-reliant modern world. It’s like creating more of these technology-dependent zombies who can’t be bothered to force themselves off their bums to do real work.

Microchips Over Braincells: Hot Take of the Day

Well here’s my hot take, compadre. As pathetically reliant as we’ve become on a bunch of microchips to do our jobs, it’s no wonder an invention like this happens. Have we literally outsourced our brains to cold, heartless machines now? Do we need an AI’s help to comprehend basic instructions during a meeting? It’s embarrassing, really. The next shortage we’ll face won’t be because of a pandemic, but because human brains decided it was too hard to think, so they quit functioning to prove a point. Oh, joy!

Original article:https://venturebeat.com/virtual/zoom-launches-ai-companion-to-summarize-meetings-for-late-attendees/