Infuriating Google commercial imagines the founding fathers embracing AI

令人愤怒的谷歌广告：想象开国元勋们拥抱人工智能

“Group project, but make it 1776.” That’s 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’s collaboration tools and Gemini to help them draft the Declaration of Independence. “小组作业，但背景是1776年。”这是谷歌 Workspace 一则新广告的开场白。而接下来的内容只会让人感到更加尴尬。这段短片想象了如果开国元勋们使用谷歌的协作工具和 Gemini 来协助起草《独立宣言》，会是怎样一番景象。

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). 本杰明·富兰克林给托马斯·杰斐逊发短信询问草稿进度，杰斐逊拍了一张照片，并利用人工智能将其转录进谷歌文档。富兰克林和亚当斯加入文档，在“建议模式”下进行编辑；Gemini 为他们安排了会议时间，并在 Google Meet 通话期间自动记录笔记；随后，Nano Banana（AI绘图工具）还为美国设计了一枚以火鸡为图案的国徽（比起老鹰，这或许是更诚实的选择）。

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’s reaction would have been if the founding fathers had asked about women’s voting rights, slavery, or Manifest Destiny?) 在烟花燃放前的最后一幕，开国元勋们询问 Gemini 是否应该授予英王乔治三世《独立宣言》的编辑权限。这一情节应该会让所有政治立场的美国人都想把手机扔出窗外。（我很好奇，如果开国元勋们问的是关于女性投票权、奴隶制或“昭昭天命”的问题，Gemini 会作何反应？）

The whole thing is ill-advised, corny, and just plain dumb. As CUNY history professor Angus Johnston said on Bluesky, “Even in a corny fantasy joke, it’s impossible to make the case that AI is a useful tool for political organizing, writing, or human collaboration.” 整支广告考虑不周、陈腐不堪，简直愚蠢至极。正如纽约市立大学历史学教授安格斯·约翰斯顿（Angus Johnston）在 Bluesky 上所言：“即使是在这种俗气的幻想笑话里，也无法证明人工智能是政治组织、写作或人类协作的有效工具。”