The Verge·2 min read·medium
Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI
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Terrence O'Brien
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A new Google commercial depicting the American founding fathers using AI tools to draft the Declaration of Independence has faced significant backlash. Critics argue the ad is cringeworthy and trivializes historical events by suggesting AI is a useful tool for political collaboration.
“Group project, but make it 1776.” That’s how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turned to Google’s collaboration tools and Gemini to help them draft the Declaration of Independence.
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