Tag: Google Services

Netscape Communications, Redux: Google Gemini Is Totally On Track To Mog OpenAI’s ChatGPT In 2026

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

As I keep saying, I think it’s at least possible that OpenAI is going to implode like Netscape Communications did 30 years ago. Remember, it was Netscape’s IPO just about 30 years ago that was the kick off to the Dotcom bubble.

But Google is being really, really aggressive. The idea that they would make Gemini the centerpiece of Gmail kind of blows my mind. That is a crown jewel of Google services and making it so you can’t avoid Gemini if you use Gmail is a pretty lit maneuver on Google’s part.

And, yet, I suppose, in its own way, it was inevitable. At the moment, I just don’t see how OpenAI doesn’t follow the fate of Netscape. In this case, Netscape is to OpenAI what Microsoft is to Google.

Google is well on track to crush OpenAI if it really does make it impossible to use any of its services without seeing the Gemini brand. That’s just kind of deep.

Seems Like Google Might Be Playing With Fire By Shoehorning AI Into Gmail

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

While I’m surprisingly excited to experience Google Gemini LLM in my Gmail account, I’m also a little…leery. I think it’s because I think in terms of stories all the time and the idea of an ASI popping out of Google Services and having access to all 3 billion of the world’s Gmail accounts seems…preventable?

But here we are.

I often wonder what might happen if an ASI popped out of Google services, but it didn’t have access to any nukes because of airgap security. Maybe instead of nukes, it would just blackmail everyone with access to their Gmail accounts?

Anyway, it’s an idea.

I still think we need to mull the idea of ASI popping out at some point and I think if it happened, it would be from Google services. That would make the most sense.

YouTube Thinks It Has Me Figured Out, Apparently

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I have a very specific cohort of songs that YouTube pushes to me as part of my MyMix Playlists. It’s always the same songs: Song on the Beach from the movie Her, Air on G String, Clair De Lune, and songs that use clips from The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

I don’t quite know what to make of it all.

On one hand, it’s just a fluke of YouTube. On the other, I wonder if, like there’s some sort of secret ASI lurking inside of Google services (Prudence?) trying to catch my attention.

I am well aware that it’s the former not the latter. But it’s just eerie how persistent YouTube is about pushing that core group of songs. It’s getting kind of annoying. I don’t know what it means.

I would like Google services to push me different songs as part of my MyMix Playlist. Of course, I guess I could just use Spotify more. I’m kind of torn. The songs that I’m being pushed by YouTube really are good, but it would be nice to have a little bit of variety.

Anyway. Lulz, nothing matters.