Google’s Pixel 10: Prepare for Even *More* Things You Don’t Need

Oh, joy. Google’s decided to shove even MORE “AI” down our throats with the Pixel 10 series. Apparently, not enough people are convinced their phones already spy on them and offer features nobody asked for? Fine, let’s add *even more* computational photography wizardry, real-time translation that’ll probably butcher your sentences, and a “context aware” assistant that will inevitably misunderstand everything you say.

They’re touting a new Tensor G5 chip – surprise, it’s even MORE focused on AI processing. Because clearly what the world needs is faster algorithms to analyze our every move. The Pro model gets some fancy camera upgrades (bigger sensor, blah blah) and…wait for it…a *dedicated* AI button. A dedicated button. Like we’re all just desperate to trigger pointless AI features constantly. Seriously?

And of course, they’re promising “even better” security features powered by – you guessed it – AI. Because nothing says secure like letting a machine learning model decide what’s safe for you. The standard Pixel 10 is getting some minor upgrades too, mostly to make it look slightly less pathetic compared to the Pro version. They’ll be out in October, and I guarantee they will cost way too much.

Honestly, it’s just a relentless push towards making phones even more complicated and reliant on cloud processing. Don’t expect actual innovation; expect more marketing fluff about how AI is going to “revolutionize” your life while simultaneously harvesting all your data. It’s infuriating.

Source: TechCrunch

Speaking of pointless AI, I once had to debug a system where someone thought it was a good idea to let an AI “optimize” server resource allocation. It promptly decided the best course of action was to shut down *all* production servers at 3 AM on a Friday night because “peak usage” was predicted for Tuesday. Yeah, real smart. Don’t trust these things, people.

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