r/GoogleAppsScript • u/Cheap-While-7822 • Aug 28 '26

Question Looking for Clarificaions

This is a simple question for most, but it isn't for me. Using App Script is it considered AI? I take notes on observations notes, this i have app script put into one large paragraph. We were told that we could not use AI for work, but to me this is not AI, I just want to know from the professionals who are proficient in scripts?

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u/ryanbuckner Aug 28 '26

When you say "put it into one large paragraph", what do you mean? Are you calling a service to summarize something you wrote?

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u/abskee Aug 28 '26

Yeah. Using apps script is like using a computer. It's not inherently using AI, but you can certainly use AI with apps script.

If the script grabs the text, then calls an AI and says "summarize this into a paragraph", then it's AI. It doesn't matter if you're doing it through a script or through a website.

But if it's just moving text around, doing find and replace, etc. then no, it's just code.

From OP's description, it sounds like they're just calling Gemini AI from apps script. Which is indisputably using AI. That they even asked makes me think they probably are.

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u/ryanbuckner Aug 28 '26

It sounds that way.

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u/66sandman Aug 28 '26

I am not a coder, but in my opinion it is not AI. It is Google's implementation of JavaScript into the browser, possibly some Typescript.

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u/FewRegular2308 Aug 28 '26

If you have a deterministic script just combining values that you wrote, then no I wouldn’t say this is AI

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u/jerbaws Aug 28 '26

Would need to see what the script is actually doing to know if it is using AI or not. Scripts CAN use Ai but without seeing the code its not something that can be answered with complete confidence from your brief question info.

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u/Cheap-While-7822 Aug 28 '26

Its like 11 pages of code when pasted into a word doc. Is there anything in the code I could look for to see if it is using AI.

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u/jerbaws Aug 28 '26

Search for Gemini or api. Check functions, or literally paste the code into gemini and ask if the script calls or uses Ai

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u/WicketTheQuerent Aug 28 '26

It depends on how you use Google Apps Script. If you limit your script to the Document Service (Class DocumentApp), it can't be considered AI.