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It ran 110 minutes, but Google managed to reference AI a whopping 121 times during Google I/O 2024 (by its own count). CEO Sundar Pichai referenced the figure to wrap up the presentation, cheekily stating that the company was doing the “hard work” of counting for us

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ll be really glad when this particular hype cycle dies.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I dunno, I kinda like it more than the blockchain hype cycle.

[–] Communist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the most fun hype cycle I have experienced in my life

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, it’s fun, but there are some particularly ridiculous “AI” products that, while funny, are kind of annoying.

[–] Communist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The funny dramatically outweighs the annoying for me honestly, it's not like this kind of advertising is more annoying than ads used to be