Oh, *Great*. Another AI Feature.
Right, so some app called Granola – seriously, Granola? Sounds like something your grandma uses to track prune consumption – decided it needed more AI bullshit. Apparently, people were having the monumental hardship of… typing the same prompts into their note-taking app repeatedly. The horror!
So now they’ve added “Repeatable Prompts.” You can save a prompt and reuse it. Groundbreaking. Absolutely fucking groundbreaking. It’s like inventing the wheel, except the wheel already existed in every other AI tool ever made. They even let you use variables, because apparently remembering to change “meeting date” from “October 2nd” to “October 9th” is beyond the capabilities of their target demographic.
They’re touting this as a way to “standardize” note-taking for teams. Translation: make sure everyone asks the AI the *exact* same pointless questions so management can micromanage what information gets recorded. And, naturally, they’ve got some enterprise pricing tiers because of course they do.
Look, it’s a note-taking app. It takes notes. Now it lets you ask an AI the same dumb question over and over again without having to retype it. I swear, if I had a nickel for every time someone tried to solve a problem with more AI instead of just… better UI or basic functionality, I could retire. And probably buy out this entire company just to shut it down.
Seriously though, don’t get excited. It’s Granola. Expect bugs and disappointment.
Source: TechCrunch (because you probably won’t believe me)
Speaking of pointless automation, I once had a user try to automate the process of sending himself passive-aggressive emails at 3 AM reminding him to drink water. He wanted a script that would check his hydration level via some wearable and then compose an email with increasing levels of scolding if he hadn’t met his daily goal. I told him to grow up, but apparently, that wasn’t the “helpful” response he was looking for. Some people just *need* more layers of digital misery in their lives.
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