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0 pointswiseowise5mo ago0 comments

You wouldn’t. It’s made to suck out investor money and show that google does something, not to actually bring value.

My crystal ball says it will be shutdown next year.

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Most of the AI products are not for the end user, they are just signaling shareholders and possible investors that the company is on the hype.

rvnx5mo ago

There is also mechanism inside Google that rewards teams that launches new products, more than the teams that actually maintain existing ones.

vecter5mo ago

This kind of cynicism is wild to me. Of course most AI products (and products in general) are for end users. Especially for a company like Google--they need to do everything they can to win the AI wars, and that means winning adoption for their AI models.

flipgimble5mo ago

http://killedbygoogle.com/ - most Google products are for the temporary career advancement of some exec or product lead.

Their only real product is advertising, everything else is a pretense to capture users attention and behaviors that they can auction off.

vecter5mo ago

This is different. AI is an existential threat to Google. I've almost stopped using Google entirely since ChatGPT came out. Why search for a list of webpages which might have the answer to your question and then manually read them one at a time when I can instead just ask an AI to tell me the answer?

If Google doesn't adapt, they could easily be dead in a decade.

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jmpeax5mo ago

Google is still looking for investors?

rajamaka5mo ago

Of course, Alphabet exists to give returns to their shareholders.

meowface5mo ago

I know Google is quick to shut things down but these ultra-cynical ultra-skeptical HN takes are so tiresome at this point.

egorfine5mo ago

I wonder why is that.

pydry5mo ago

This is what Google is like though. It is practically part of their corporate DNA.

meowface5mo ago

I do not believe that Google Antigravity is aimed at wooing investors. I believe it is intended to be a genuine superior alternative to Cursor and Kiro etc. and is attempting to provide the best AI coding experience for the average developer.

Most of the other people (so far) in this sub-thread do not think this. They essentially have a conspiratorial view on it.

egorfine5mo ago

> I do not believe that Google Antigravity is aimed at wooing investors.

There is no evidence to support any other motive.

Any experienced (as in, 10+ years) developer knows better than to trust google with dev tools.

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latexr5mo ago

> I do not believe that Google Antigravity is aimed at wooing investors.

I think the comment you’re replying to was addressing the “shutting down” part, not the “investors” part.

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crazygringo5mo ago

Investor money?

Google is highly profitable. It's not looking for investment, it's the one investing.

Maybe you are confusing it with OpenAI?

kvirani5mo ago

I think they are referring to public market investors vs private investors. Meaning, their stock valuation.

rishabhd5mo ago

funny my magic 8 ball says the same thing!

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evandrofisico5mo ago

Most of the AI products are not for the end user, they are just signaling shareholders and possible investors that the company is on the hype.

rvnx5mo ago

There is also mechanism inside Google that rewards teams that launches new products, more than the teams that actually maintain existing ones.

vecter5mo ago

flipgimble5mo ago

http://killedbygoogle.com/ - most Google products are for the temporary career advancement of some exec or product lead.

Their only real product is advertising, everything else is a pretense to capture users attention and behaviors that they can auction off.

vecter5mo ago

If Google doesn't adapt, they could easily be dead in a decade.

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jmpeax5mo ago

Google is still looking for investors?

rajamaka5mo ago

Of course, Alphabet exists to give returns to their shareholders.

meowface5mo ago

I know Google is quick to shut things down but these ultra-cynical ultra-skeptical HN takes are so tiresome at this point.

egorfine5mo ago

I wonder why is that.

pydry5mo ago

This is what Google is like though. It is practically part of their corporate DNA.

meowface5mo ago

Most of the other people (so far) in this sub-thread do not think this. They essentially have a conspiratorial view on it.

egorfine5mo ago

> I do not believe that Google Antigravity is aimed at wooing investors.

There is no evidence to support any other motive.

Any experienced (as in, 10+ years) developer knows better than to trust google with dev tools.

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latexr5mo ago

> I do not believe that Google Antigravity is aimed at wooing investors.

I think the comment you’re replying to was addressing the “shutting down” part, not the “investors” part.

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crazygringo5mo ago

Investor money?

Google is highly profitable. It's not looking for investment, it's the one investing.

Maybe you are confusing it with OpenAI?

kvirani5mo ago

I think they are referring to public market investors vs private investors. Meaning, their stock valuation.

rishabhd5mo ago

funny my magic 8 ball says the same thing!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse