Genuinely not knowledgeable here
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117282080803799576
> Google should not be gatekeeping security patches to the standard Android platform code from Android OEMs but that's what they've started doing.
I think Scion has so much more mature a disosition: you could write OpenCode plugins that enhance the runner, and use that locally, and use it in Scion. With Ax/Agent Substrate, you are opting in to a pretty huge stack that is just Agent Substrate, that is their runners, their harness, their substrate. I do think their actor model is pretty neat! It's neat having the agent have such primacy! But it feels so much less integrative, is such it's own thing. Scion, to me, is much more interesting an effort, that similarly helps scale out agentic workloads.
Yes, it was developed by Google employees, that does not imply it has the full backing of Google, or Deepmind, or GCP. Notably, the website doesn't seem to claim this either.
jmathai•34m ago
What I do know is that the Gemini integration into sheets is surprisingly incapable of performing basic tasks. This is where I expect Google to really shine. I expected Sheets + Gemini to be magical like Google Photos was. I hardly try anymore besides some basic math questions when I don't feel like inputting the formula myself.
The other thing I know is Google's propensity to sunset products. For many things, it's not a huge deal. And it may not be for this. But, why? When there are alternatives - both open and closed.
solidasparagus•30m ago
garciasn•19m ago
Recently, they went to our Co-President and he, similarly and thankfully, ignored them. So what did those fucking assholes do? They went to our board members and got one of them to make me have to do a bunch of needless work responding, in depth, to one of their LLM-generated decks that is generic and doesn't at all consider anything we're doing, a good bit of which was centered around agentic-foo bullshit.
* Conversational Client Analytics in Looker: Deploy natural language conversational data discovery
* AI Agent Development Kit Core: Construct autonomous analytics agents with Google Agent Development Kit
* Generative Search Performance Tracker: Track brand visibility across AI answer engines using Gemini 3.1 Pro.
* Autonomous Retail Media Campaign Orchestrator: Automate retail media catalog enrichment and ad optimization with Gemini
* Agentic Workforce Collaboration in Workspace: Deploy Gemini Enterprise wall-to-wall for automated agency pitch creation.
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They're exhausting. We already do most of these things better than they suggest (really; who the fuck thinks 'conversational analytics in Looker' is exciting in 2026? No one capable, that's for fucking sure) and it's clear that some MBA motherfucker just decided to use Gemini to push a bunch of garbage that is ignored by those who are technically and financially apt and elevate to the persons who don't know shit from shinola in order to try and get some consultant in the door to sell shit that companies already have and are doing.
It's fucking absurd.
I hope someone with some pull over there reads this and slaps this shit down and fast. It's really fucking annoying and needs to stop 4y ago.