“Fwd2cal: A Bot with a Sense of Time – Just Email It and Relax!”
“The Bot fwd2cal Adds Events to Your Calendar Automatically. Just Forward It an Email”
“Over the past couple of weeks, Readdle’s intelligent assistant, Spark, has been testing a program that creates calendar events when it identifies an email that involves scheduling. Unlike most virtual assistants, Spark doesn’t need to scan a user’s entire inbox to work. Instead, users only need to forward the relevant emails to the bot.” Now there’s a fun twist for those fond of spending countless hours shuffling back and forth for their schedule management.
Once you’re done basking in the glorious wonder of no-more manual calendar entries, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. This intelligent, and perhaps a bit invasive, assistant, lovingly named ‘Spark’, has finally been deemed worthy of testing. So, no, this is not a drill. The days of perusing through numerous inbox emails for scheduling purposes might just be proverbially hitting the dust.
The premise is simple enough; Spark identifies an email that smells vaguely of scheduling, and quicker than you can say ‘calendar’, creates an event. You, the user, oh busy bee, needs only to forward the relevant emails to this little bot. The technological equivalent of passing the buck if one ever saw it.
Brilliant as it seems, Spark must still jump through certain hoops, notably concerns of privacy. Can’t let an AI loose amidst your personal correspondence now, can we? But no need for alarm just yet – the data-conscious can rest easy, for now. Readdle, the company behind this modern marvel, claims that Spark only checks emails that are willingly sent its way, not your entire inbox. Phew!
Isn’t it quaint that we are now outsourcing not just our meetings but also the task of remembering them? Progress indeed! As efficiency replaces redundancy, Spark could well be the torchbearer of such a transition. Or maybe a nightmare cloaked in an algorithm, depending on the receptiveness towards AI handling intimate details of one’s life.
Playfully dubbed by some as the ‘automated secretary’, Spark has a lot to live up to. Its true potential is yet to be seen in the real-world application. If nothing else, Spark might just spark a revolution in how we use our emails and calendars. Or not. Only time, and user adaptation, will tell.
Pull the red alarm or dive headfirst into this robotic revolution- the choice is yours, and yours alone. Time to bid adieu to manual calendar entries; it’s been real. For now, sit back, relax and let Spark do its thing. After all, shouldn’t a human be doing something more ‘human’? Just kidding. Or are we?