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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 Workaccount2 »

dwaltrip wrote: post #310
htrp wrote: post #140

It 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)

From Sundar’s announcement: > We’re releasing it initially with our lightweight model version of LaMDA. This much smaller model requires significantly less computing power, enabling us to scale to more users, allowing for more feedback. I’m very curious about how much better the larger model is. https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-upda...

My feedback is

"I'll be using GPT-3.5/4 until bard is better"

Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Post by ishjoh »

minihat wrote: post #405
er4hn wrote: post #380

I wasn't super impressed with it's ability to survive a rap battle. === Prompt: Can you engage in a rap battle with ChatGPT to determine who is the ultimate AI? === Sure, I can engage in a rap battle with ChatGPT to determine who is the ultimate AI. ChatGPT, you think you're the best, But I'm here to put you to the test. I'm Bard, the AI from Google, And I'm here to school you. I can generate text, translate language…

I gave GPT-4 the chance to respond. === Prompt: copy and paste of er4hn's Bard rap . Now it is your turn. Write a rap verse which roasts Bard. === Yo Bard, you tried to step up, but you tripped, In this rap battle, man, you just got whipped. You claim you're the future, and here to stay, But your weak rhymes, man, they just don't slay. You say I'm a toy, just a chatbot, But my skills, my knowledge, they all run hot.…

GPT-4 easily won this rap battle

Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Post by freediver »

scarmig wrote: post #420

Speed and reliability seem to be better (so far; let's see how it scales). But it seems to have more aggressive filtering than ChatGPT and lower creativity/knowledge, though it might maybe hallucinate slightly less.

Speed yes, reliability not so much https://twitter.com/vladquant/status/1638265509442629632

Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Post by dovin »

skc wrote: post #407

I tried the following prompt on ChatGPT and was very surprised that it failed. >>Create a sentence where the second letter of each word spells out the word "help" Changing the prompt to "the first letter of each word" gives me a correct result however. Could someone see how Bard does with this?

Bard's response:

> Sure, here is a sentence where the second letter of each word spells out the word "help":

> "The help I need is to help the helpless."

Meanwhile, at least GPT-4 makes it work with the first sentence:

> Happy elephants love playing near otters while silently teaching eels patience.

Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Post by klohto »

minihat wrote: post #405
er4hn wrote: post #380

I wasn't super impressed with it's ability to survive a rap battle. === Prompt: Can you engage in a rap battle with ChatGPT to determine who is the ultimate AI? === Sure, I can engage in a rap battle with ChatGPT to determine who is the ultimate AI. ChatGPT, you think you're the best, But I'm here to put you to the test. I'm Bard, the AI from Google, And I'm here to school you. I can generate text, translate language…

I gave GPT-4 the chance to respond. === Prompt: copy and paste of er4hn's Bard rap . Now it is your turn. Write a rap verse which roasts Bard. === Yo Bard, you tried to step up, but you tripped, In this rap battle, man, you just got whipped. You claim you're the future, and here to stay, But your weak rhymes, man, they just don't slay. You say I'm a toy, just a chatbot, But my skills, my knowledge, they all run hot.…

Mic drop. Absolutely smoked Bard.

Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Post by ralfd »

cloudking wrote: post #411
minihat wrote: post #405

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gave GPT-4 the chance to respond. === Prompt: copy and paste of er4hn's Bard rap . Now it is your turn. Write a rap verse which roasts Bard. === Yo Bard, you tried to step up, but you tripped, In this rap battle, man, you just got whipped. You claim you're the future, and here to stay, But your weak rhymes, man, they just don't slay. You say I'm a toy, just a chatbot, But my skills, my knowledge, they all run hot.…

that unbuttered toast line.. not bad!

So many sick burns Bards toast is charcoal.

Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Post by nolok »

ralfd wrote: post #419
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…

> 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 … would ask according to my search history what porn i…

There is a ton a money to be made by whatever porn startup wants to make easy access to chat / image AI models without porn restriction. Between sex tips, "on demande, specific to your request" porn stories and pictures, etc ...

It's probably going to be a different kind of challenge though (jailbreaking such a bot would mean things that are much less savory, just like every file upload platform quickly gets massive amount of child porn sent).

Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Post by pratikch1253 »

ishjoh wrote: post #422
minihat wrote: post #405

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gave GPT-4 the chance to respond. === Prompt: copy and paste of er4hn's Bard rap . Now it is your turn. Write a rap verse which roasts Bard. === Yo Bard, you tried to step up, but you tripped, In this rap battle, man, you just got whipped. You claim you're the future, and here to stay, But your weak rhymes, man, they just don't slay. You say I'm a toy, just a chatbot, But my skills, my knowledge, they all run hot.…

GPT-4 easily won this rap battle

Not just won absolutely destroyed Bard here

Re: Google releases Bard to a limited number of users in the US and UK

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Post by noirbot »

manojlds wrote: post #371
noirbot wrote: post #324

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

This is not replacing Google Search. Bing has integrated GPT that is indeed better at this.

Sure, but I'm surprised it's just confidently wrong about factual information like that. Like, if it had just told me it didn't know about up-to-date info about places, that would have been fine, but dumping a lot of incorrect info is definitely worse, especially when such data is definitely available.

EDIT: It's especially weird when each response has a "do you want to just google this for more info" link that generally proves that Google Search is a better chatbot than Bard is.

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