If you use the Gmail mobile app then by now you've seen Gmail's "smart replies," which, like every new feature on any app or platform, are both hilarious and appalling until we finally submit to them and adapt, at which point they disappear into daily life. Two weeks ago my mom sent me the autoreply text message “I can’t talk right now” and because her typical exclamation mark was missing, I thought something was very wrong. Even if my short replies don’t vary much, I still want to write them – but I can imagine Google wearing me down to the point where I just start picking one of the three choices and never look back.
#22: Information Wants to Be Asymmetrical
#22: Information Wants to Be Asymmetrical
#22: Information Wants to Be Asymmetrical
If you use the Gmail mobile app then by now you've seen Gmail's "smart replies," which, like every new feature on any app or platform, are both hilarious and appalling until we finally submit to them and adapt, at which point they disappear into daily life. Two weeks ago my mom sent me the autoreply text message “I can’t talk right now” and because her typical exclamation mark was missing, I thought something was very wrong. Even if my short replies don’t vary much, I still want to write them – but I can imagine Google wearing me down to the point where I just start picking one of the three choices and never look back.