More: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35246303
(these should probably be merged)
Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK
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Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK
#132it's pretty damn exciting to see google actually introduce a product like that, on the web, broadly available, for once. it feels like it's been a hot minute since something got introduced like this from them.
cause it's all been stuff like, 'well, it's a tiny little half-baked app. or, well, it's a device. or, well, it's a feature, but it's only on android. and only on pixel. and only in select territories and markets. and it's coming later. and it's not actually coming, cause it's just a demo. and it's actually done, closed, and over, because it's shut down before it could start.'
Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK
#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hmm. This is not correct. Bard can write code.
In the FAQ[1] it explicitly states that it cannot help you code. Maybe that's a limit of the prompt or just a limit of Google using a smaller/cheaper model? We'll have to test it out to see. [1]: https://bard.google.com/faq
It looks like they have a filter, but it's pretty easy to get around depending on the language, e.g. I can get it to generate C++ code.
Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK
#134If your prompt falls outside of the "permissible boundaries," do you risk losing your Google account?
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#135I'm curious for those who have actually tried it, what they think of the performance. A lot of the threads here are just talking about the country-limited rollout.
It feels like a very limited version of the ChatGPT. Bard 2 week trip to Japan Day 1: Fly from your home city to Narita International Airport (NRT) in Tokyo. Upon arrival, take the Narita Express train to Shinjuku Station. Check in to your hotel in Shinjuku. Day 2: Explore Shinjuku. Visit the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building for stunning views of the city. Explore the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, a beautiful…
Your example isn't demonstrating why it's a limited version of ChatGPT.
What makes the answer from ChatGPT better?
Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK
#136> Bard isn’t currently supported in your country. Stay tuned!
Why country based whitelist?
I understand a language based limit, but what country? I could be living in a country but speaking english
Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK
#137I'm curious for those who have actually tried it, what they think of the performance. A lot of the threads here are just talking about the country-limited rollout.
It feels like a very limited version of the ChatGPT. Bard 2 week trip to Japan Day 1: Fly from your home city to Narita International Airport (NRT) in Tokyo. Upon arrival, take the Narita Express train to Shinjuku Station. Check in to your hotel in Shinjuku. Day 2: Explore Shinjuku. Visit the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building for stunning views of the city. Explore the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, a beautiful…
Can you expand on what's "very limited" about the Bard version here? They look roughly equivalent, slightly less flowery language, different format (day planning rather than rough), similar level of detail.
Unless the facts about Japan are just wrong, which I don't have the expertise to judge, it seems about the same?
Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK
#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
It feels like a very limited version of the ChatGPT. Bard 2 week trip to Japan Day 1: Fly from your home city to Narita International Airport (NRT) in Tokyo. Upon arrival, take the Narita Express train to Shinjuku Station. Check in to your hotel in Shinjuku. Day 2: Explore Shinjuku. Visit the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building for stunning views of the city. Explore the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, a beautiful…
Your example isn't demonstrating why it's a limited version of ChatGPT. What makes the answer from ChatGPT better?
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#139It took about 20 minutes to get off the waitlist for this (US Based). Initial impressions are that it significantly lags behind the OpenAI offerings. Creativity (storytelling) is very limited, response lengths are similar, and it does occasionally cite sources. They did finally get the James Webb telescope facts correct too!
Google has the tendency to do this when they aren't the first to set foot on new land. Don't get me wrong, they get a lot of things very right: Gmail works perfectly, I can't find a single reason to change my pixel for anything else, search, although there's been a lot of deterioration in the past couple of years, is still second to none. That said, self driving cars, google+, duo and all the other services they laun…
But AI is their turf!
Google was always a ML company masquerading as a search engine.
I guess that the art of "generating text" is not their kind of AI?
Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK
#140It took about 20 minutes to get off the waitlist for this (US Based). Initial impressions are that it significantly lags behind the OpenAI offerings.
Creativity (storytelling) is very limited, response lengths are similar, and it does occasionally cite sources.
They did finally get the James Webb telescope facts correct too!
(copied from other thread)