Google’s New Allo Messaging App Gets Its Edge from AI

I usually don't congratulate people on their birthday on Facebook, because there are so many birthdays and it feels more fair to neglect uniformly. But then Facebook introduced a small widget that let me leave comment directly from my news feed, making it almost effortless to comment!

So I started writing a "Cheers!" in that box, because now it was so easy. Of course, it was so easy as to feel almost completely meaningless. It was so convenient to type into the box and feel I had fulfilled some social obligation without expending any effort! Now google is offering the same service for when I'm texting with my mom? Well, I usually care a bit more about her than most of my Facebook friends, but all right...

Meanwhile I don't get that small widget on Facebook anymore, but with the UI stability of "move fast and break things" perhaps I've just disabled it by mistake?