> Gamma is a free AI tool that can automatically convert your documents or PDFs into visually appealing presentations in minutes.
Okay, so I understand that AI is cool. I understand that we can make AI do a lot of things. But seriously. First, there's a model that turns HTML into Markdown. And granted, I haven't tried that one, and I probably should. And now this? Like, no one has heard of Pandoc anymore? Like I can literally write a Markdown file and pandoc -i presentation.md -o presentation.pptx. Something like that anyway. And get a presentation out of it. Or just import a Word document into PowerPoint. Or just use a Markdown file and arrow down through the bullet points if I don't *need* to be fansy.
I'm starting to kind of understand how wasteful people are with this kind of stuff.
@pixelate Right? I am an AI lover, and I do understand that this stuff can be uceful, but even I know that's pointless to just push in like that.
@pixelate Tragically, we have what is being presented as innovation and an increase in accessibility tools, but they will not endure because they are disconnected from all previous work in the field, and cannot be understood or improved because they were not developed with appropriate knowledge of the underlying domain. Meanwhile, the legitimate tools are being displaced and deprived of funding, and we may never recover from this.