[gene-h]

This is fucking dumb, and I am absolutely ok with this. The fact that we are able to do these 'dumb' and silly applications is a good sign. It shows that the field has advanced to the point where it is cheap enough to do these 'dumb' applications.

Not only that, but this 'dumb' application has immediate value(gets more people to use google's service and thus display ads to them). Because of the value these dumb applications have, they could help drive AI research and development of general purpose machine learning hardware.

Sometimes it's ok to do 'dumb' things.

[jaredklewis]

Advanced? Since the earliest AI research, it's hard to think of a time when games, puzzles, and toys were not front and center. Whether writing a chess AI would or a humorous chat bot, a focus on "silly" applications has always been the norm.

I'm not against such applications and share your opinion that they are great. But it's not new. The field has always been this way.