- Google employees are reportedly happy with the products unveiled at the company’s annual development conference, but are still joking.
- CNBC cited messages and memes in internal communications ridiculing the frequency with which AI was mentioned.
- Some employees said they should speak up whenever Google executives mention AI.
While Google employees are reportedly impressed with the new technology unveiled at the company’s annual I/O developer conference, executives are skeptical of the two hottest words in Silicon Valley: artificial intelligence. Some people make fun of the frequent mention of intelligence.
According to CNBC, Google unveiled several new tools at this week’s event, including AI-assisted writing emails quickly, but employees were forced to play a drinking game every time an executive said AI. It is said that he made a joke in the company that he would shoot.
CNBC cited messages and memes viewed on the company’s Memegen communication system, and while employees were generally positive about the conference, it nevertheless used the words “AI-AI-I/O” in the tune of a classic nursery rhyme. It was reported that he made jokes such as using “Uncle McDonald”
This internal messaging site is often used by Google employees to tell jokes at the expense of the company and its executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai. Earlier this year, the tool was released to vent staff frustration over what many felt was a “rushed” showcase for Bard, his Google response to OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT. used.
CNBC reported that employees praised the company’s engineers during the I/O event, with a popular post saying that the positive reaction to the new feature drove the company’s stock price higher in the days following the event. He said.
According to CNBC, employees also referenced a scene from “That ’70s Show” where a character pours alcohol, joking that there would be an effective drinking game whenever AI was mentioned. .
Last month, insiders reported that a group of executives, including Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg, mentioned “AI” at least 168 times during a recent first-quarter earnings call.
In a message reported by CNBC, one of the employees said, “As someone who’s always thought I’d make vulgar memes, I was pleasantly surprised.”
