What are you actually doing with Gemini?
A tech columnist reflects on the practical utility of Google's Gemini AI, expressing skepticism about its real-world value despite the industry's hype. While acknowledging its potential in coding, the author finds most AI integrations to be resource-intensive and lacking significant improvement over existing tools.
Why it matters
This highlights a growing sentiment of 'AI fatigue' among tech consumers and critics who question the actual productivity gains of current generative AI models.
Further reflecting on Google’s practical focus for Gemini and AI in general at I/O 2026 last week, I still find myself struggling to find ways to actually make this technology useful in ways that actually matter. So, what are you doing with Gemini?
The piece is an opinion-based editorial that balances personal skepticism with an acknowledgment of specific technical use cases.
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