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\n“Zoom has become the de facto social platform of the pandemic. It has also become a surveillance platform, for better or worse, and a regular vector for harassment and hate speech. Now it also wants to contribute to your after-work hours too, with the recently announced feature Zoom Apps.” Let’s dive into this, shall we?<\/p>\n
Zoom, our beloved pandemic buddy, is not just content with turning our bedrooms into our boardrooms. Nope, it’s extending a helping hand, a digital one, rather, to follow us into our after-work hours too. Because why should work-life balance exist in this brave new world? It’s coming at us with a shiny new feature – Zoom Apps. <\/p>\n
According to the brains behind it, Zoom Apps is intended to be your ‘AI companion.’ It\u2019s all set to take diligent notes during online meetings and summarise them. It\u2019s a cool concept, no doubt. Only, there are a few eyebrows arching at the prospect of a bot listening in on meetings and churning out summaries. <\/p>\n
Zoom stated that this new feature is designed to “support productivity and community-building.” Now that’s something. “Community building” on a volatile platform is a double-edged sword, especially with a history like Zoom’s. Aiding the essence of proximity, while socially distancing or possibly providing more opportunities for trolls? Time will tell! <\/p>\n
Zoom’s decision seems to be – If you can’t beat them (the pandemic), join them (by embedding yourself into every aspect of their life)! It’s reminiscent of that age-old phrase, ‘the road to hell is paved with good intentions’. Perhaps, Zoom’s intention is genuinely to make our lives easier. But the ‘Big Brother is watching you’ feel is just a teensy bit unsettling. <\/p>\n
Interestingly, this is just one of the many advancements happening across remote work tools and practices. It\u2019s a bold new world with human-like bots becoming our newest colleagues. Whether we will welcome or loathe these inanimate coworkers, again, only time will reveal. <\/p>\n
So, brace up, folks! The future called, and it\u2019s beaming straight out of your living room, jotted down by a tireless AI bot. Whether you’re looking forward to it or dreading it, it seems like a future where ‘Zooming out’ may not be an option anymore.
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