Google just wrapped up its I/O 2025 keynote, and while it was packed with AI announcements, one big question remains — is this really the future we want?
Google I/O keynote was supposed to be exciting. After all, it’s Google’s biggest tech event of the year. But instead of jaw-dropping innovation, we got a two-hour-long reminder that Google is obsessed with AI — and maybe a little too obsessed.
Sure, AI in itself isn’t the problem. Making life easier with smart tools is a good thing. But the direction Google is taking feels… off. Like it’s trying to automate everything just because it can, without thinking about what users actually want or need.
Personalized Smart Replies: When Even Writing an Email Is “Too Much”
Google’s Gmail now comes with Personalized Smart Replies — AI-generated emails that mimic your tone and writing style. Sounds cool in theory. But let’s be real — Google is now literally teaching AI how to pretend to be you.
Why send a heartfelt message to a friend or colleague when you can just let Gemini AI fake it for you?
“Be a better friend,” says Sundar Pichai.
Translation: “Let AI do it while you mentally check out.”
Gemini’s Agent Mode: AI Finds Your Next Apartment (If You Write a Novel First)
One of the biggest “wow” moments was Gemini’s new Agent Mode. It can help you search for apartments, create spreadsheets, schedule tours — the works.
But here’s the catch: you need to provide detailed paragraphs describing what you want. Number of bedrooms, location, price range, amenities — all typed out in full sentences.
How is this any easier than setting a few filters on Zillow?
Do we really need AI to replace a basic search function — and add more work in the process?
Too Lazy to Shop? Gemini Will Buy That Dress for You
In another demo, Gemini purchased a dress for the user — end-to-end. You don’t even have to click “add to cart” anymore. Just say it, and AI takes over.
Sounds convenient? Sure. But it also raises a weird question:
Have we become that disconnected that shopping online feels like a chore?
AI-Powered Creativity? Or Just Sloppy Automation?
Google spent a solid 20 minutes showing how AI is “revolutionizing” filmmaking and content creation. But what we actually saw were awkward, lifeless AI-generated clips that looked more like student projects than cinema’s future.
And the low point? Gemini Live explaining the difference between a garbage truck and a convertible — not once, but twice. If you weren’t already tuning out, that was your cue.
Google’s Grand AI Vision: Good Intentions, Wrong Execution?
The keynote wrapped up with big claims: AI will help cure diseases, build advanced robots, and power self-driving cars. Great ambitions — but they’re being bundled with features that feel like they’re designed to remove humans from daily life.
Writing your own emails? Shopping? Apartment hunting? That’s all AI’s job now.
It’s like Google is saying: “The future is amazing, as long as you stop doing anything yourself.”
What Happened to the Old Google?
Remember when Google I/O used to be exciting? When we got Wear OS, Pixel A-series phones, Google Home speakers, Assistant, even Daydream VR?
Now, every announcement feels like another step toward a passive, AI-run existence — where the user just watches from the sidelines.
AI Should Assist, Not Replace
There’s nothing wrong with AI helping us work smarter. But there is something wrong when it feels like the only goal is to offload every human task to a chatbot.
If this is Google’s grand vision — where we can’t even write an email or shop online without assistance — then maybe it’s time to ask:
Is this innovation or just intelligent laziness?
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