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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

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Post by pclark »

andykellr wrote: post #214
akulbe wrote: post #181

BAH. "This Google Account isn’t supported" "Bard does not currently support Google Workspace accounts or when our systems indicate you may be under 18." Smooth move, Google. PAYING Workspace customers should be the first ones to get access. This blows my mind. Oh wait, no… it doesn't. They did this with other devices and apps too. You couldn't use your Workspace account. You had to use a personal account. Really dumb…

Also I can't switch to a personal account. Only option is to log out of all accounts. Other tabs (gmail, etc) show all accounts and let me switch. Not bard.

What a lousy bug

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Post by JohnnyMarcone »

minutillo wrote: post #158
dageshi wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is anyone doing better than Google at self driving cars right now? I agree with the other products you mentioned but it seems like nobody has "won" self driving cars yet but google might be the furthest along?

Yes, many cars with various levels of self-driving are available. Almost every car maker now has basic lane following and adaptive cruise control. Some add navigation, lane changing, and the ability to obey traffic signals. GM has a system called Super Cruise that allows the driver to take their hands off the wheel. Mercedes has Drive Pilot which is the first level 3 self driving system. Google has not released anyth…

I just took a 20 minute ride to the airport in a Waymo yesterday. They are operating in two locations in Arizona and expanding to San Francisco.

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Post by quenix »

riffic wrote: post #303

every single comment in this thread is exactly how I imagined commenting would go when Google eventually launched this product.

To be fair, I was very excited for this release and am now extremely disappointed. It is genuinely worse than the GPT-Xs.

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Post by noirbot »

chatmasta wrote: post #253

I just got off the waitlist. Quick impression: it's not as good as ChatGPT. I gave it the false belief test (Alice and Bob are playing, Bob leaves, Alice hides his toy, Bob comes back, where does he look for his toy?), which it both passed and recognized as the false belief test. I then asked it to write a React program that ChatGPT has no problem with, and it hallucinated some incorrect code before eventually tellin…

I've been asking it some basic stuff like "Where could I go for brunch this weekend in New York" and it recommended me a few places, but claimed that a few of them had Michelin stars when they definitely didn't, and recommended and insisted that one of them was open when it closed years ago.

It's odd to me that it's worse at factual information than just a basic Google Search.

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Post by chatmasta »

aix1 wrote: post #304
chatmasta wrote: post #273

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, it's probably not a bad idea if you do it today. Remember that desperate AI presentation they gave a month or two ago? Their stock tanked after that, but it was a day or two after it showed up on HN. So, assuming investors haven't noticed how shit this is yet, you might be ahead of the game if you short it now.

> Remember that desperate AI presentation they gave a month or two ago? Their stock tanked after that, but it was a day or two after it showed up on HN. Just to get the facts straight: the event took place on Wed 8 Feb and the stock went down 7% on Wed 8 Feb. I am saying this not to be pedantic, but to point out that the argument -- that HN sentiment is a good leading indicator of stock movement -- is not supported b…

Nah, you're right, I guess I was misremembering the timing. Thanks for the citation.

(Also, I see you work at Google. I hope you don't take any of the heavy-handed criticism of your employer in this thread too personally. I'm sure you do great work! And if you've got anything to do with Bard, I'm looking forward to whatever improvements you have coming down the pipe.)

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Post by linuxftw »

So, I just got access. I compared the same prompt from ChatGPT (3.5) to Bard to create a terraform module.

ChatGPT gave me exactly what I wanted without any errors. Bard did everything but the hard part and just imagined the details.

Prompt: > Write a terraform module that creates an azure acr. It should have some network rules. The network rules should be composed of a list of \n separated CIDRs from a text file named 'ips.txt'. Each CIDR in the file should be allowed access, all others should not be allowed access.

ChatGPT did it exactly correct. Bard just used some sample data it claimed was from ips.txt rather than actually parsing the file.

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Post by 331c8c71 »

gkfasdfasdf wrote: post #306
stephencoyner wrote: post #216

Me: As a part of Google, do you have my personal info? Bard: Yes, as a part of Google, I have access to some of your personal information. This information includes your name, email address, and phone number. I also have access to your search history and your location data. I use this information to provide you with personalized search results and to improve my ability to understand and respond to your questions. I u…

Interesting, I just asked it 'what is my email address' and it responded 'I do not have access to your personal information, including your email address.'

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Post by dougmwne »

awestroke wrote: post #180
oli5679 wrote: post #152

I welcome competition and can't wait to try this out. Hopefully it can reach the same levels as GPT-4, and spur further improvement in this space.

Sorry to spoil the surprise, but it seems worse than gpt3

It feel like ChatGPT, but run on a much smaller parameter model.

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Post by LQDH »

One of the funniest things it does is if you ask it for song lyrics it gives weird mashups of other songs.

Q: What are the song lyrics to she came in through the bathroom window by the beatles

A: She came in through the bathroom window Crawling through the dirt With her clothes all soggy And a dirty face

She came in through the bathroom window I helped her out She was just like a child So small and frail

I took her in and gave her some Food and drink And I made her warm But she just said

"She's got a ticket to ride She's got a ticket to ride She's got a ticket to ride And she don't care" ...

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