{"id":3273,"date":"2026-07-05T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:00:12","slug":"google-ai-commercial-founding-fathers-declaration-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=3273","title":{"rendered":"Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cGroup project, but make it 1776.\u201d That\u2019s how a new commercial for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q3RjZY-rSsc&amp;t=65s\">Google Workspace<\/a> opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turned to Google\u2019s collaboration tools and Gemini to help them draft the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Ben Franklin texts Thomas Jefferson to check on the status of a draft, who takes a photo and uses AI to transcribe it into a Google Doc. Franklin and Adams hop in to make edits in suggestion mode, Gemini finds them a meeting time, takes notes during a Google Meet call, and then Nano Banana whips up a seal for the United States featuring a turkey (probably the more honest choice, instead of an eagle).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The last thing before the fireworks go off, the founding fathers ask Gemini for its advice on whether to give King George III edit access to the Declaration of Independence. Which should make Americans of all political stripes want to throw their phones out a window. (I wonder what Gemini\u2019s reaction would have been if the founding fathers had asked about women\u2019s voting rights, slavery, or Manifest Destiny?)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The whole thing is <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/07\/04\/new-google-commercial-imagines-a-declaration-of-independence-written-with-help-from-ai\/\">ill-advised<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/physisyst.bsky.social\/post\/3mptqjjells2e\">corny<\/a>, and just plain dumb. As CUNY history professor <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/angus.bsky.social\/post\/3mptrsgpzt224\">Angus Johnston<\/a> said on Bluesky, \u201cEven in a corny fantasy joke, it\u2019s impossible to make the case that AI is a useful tool for political organizing, writing, or human collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/961468\/google-ai-commercial-founding-fathers-declaration-of-independence\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGroup project, but make it 1776.\u201d That\u2019s how a new commercial for Google Workspace opens. And things only get cringier from there. The clip imagines what it would be like if the founding fathers turned to Google\u2019s collaboration tools and Gemini to help them draft the Declaration of Independence. 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