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Re: Bard can now connect to your Google Apps and services

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Post by yunohn »

getpost wrote: post #79

This morning I asked it if it could query YouTube and I got short description of the YouTube API. I don't know whether the API details have been public. I then used it to search for videos, > There are several YouTube videos with a title that begins, "Gregory Blackstock, The Incomplete Historical World," List those videos with the YouTube URLs. In this particular instance, the titles aren't unique, but the videos are…

> I don't know whether the (YouTube) API details have been public.

1st result on Google: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3

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Post by XTHK »

modeless wrote: post #60

Now this is actually useful. There's a lot of good information in my Gmail but searching it is such a pain that I hardly ever do. I just asked Bard for the date of an upcoming event and it did the search for me and found the right answer and summarized it with extra detail and references. This is the only reason so far that I'd go to Bard over ChatGPT. It did treat the @Gmail part as part of the query words though, w…

Remember that mentions on Twitter and tags on Facebook are called upon with @. I think the masses are quite ready indeed.

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Post by XTHK »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #36

I just used it for 15 minutes and I like the direction Google is going with it. Once you turn Bard extensions on, you use the “@“ character to get a pop up list of services like GMail, Google Drive, and many others; choose one, then ask your question. First steps, and I look forward to seeing future improvements. I wonder how they will monetize this? I was just using it with my free GMail account. Both Microsoft, wit…

>How will they monetize this

Public LLMs like Bard generate massive amounts of marketing data.

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Post by XTHK »

skybrian wrote: post #71
behnamoh wrote: post #12

I still think chat is not all natural for humans to interact with computers, mainly because most people are not actually good at phrasing their needs and even if they are, typing it for the LLM to understand takes so much time. Thanks to QWERTY keyboards, our keyboards are not efficient for typing either.

Counterpoint: Google’s search engine is pretty successful? This suggests that people can use a freeform text box as input. Typing can be augmented with autocomplete. Some people like using a microphone, though.

I think when Bard reaches full integration with Google products and it is fully unleashed upon android phones with voice control, it will be a watershed moment.

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Post by _ea1k »

dustymcp wrote: post #73
_ea1k wrote: post #67

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Yes, exactly. Integration is where the real power of these agents can live. I really want an agent that can help me with pretty simple tasks - Hey agent, remember this link and that it is about hyper fast, solar powered, vine ripened, retroencabulators. - Hey agent, remember that me and Bob Retal talked about stories JIRA-42 and JIRA-72 and we agreed to take actions XYZ - Hey agent, schedule a zoom meeting with Joe i…

oh so a working google assistant? :)

Yes, basically. I'm shocked at how bad that is compared to what it could be. If anything, it has gotten worse since introduction.

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Post by BoxFour »

delecti wrote: post #57
freedomben wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me it comes down to "how important is it to be right"? For many of the queries, it's not that important and if I lose the 5% gamble, it's annoying but ultimately inconsequencial. If it's an important thing to be right about, then I will verify it from both.

I don't know how else to ask this: how are you so okay with disregarding accuracy? What questions are you asking where you don't care if the answer is wrong? I guess I just fundamentally don't understand what the point is. Why not just bookmark the "random article" link on Wikipedia if it doesn't matter anyway?

I encounter situations where I used to rely on Stack Overflow, which carries a similar (if not higher) likelihood of being incorrect, often due to outdated information.

For instance, I was recently inquiring about a specific task with CMake and consulted ChatGPT. Initially, the response was inaccurate, but it was obviously so when it didn’t compile. Upon reprompting, I received the correct answer.

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Post by Game_Ender »

virgildotcodes wrote: post #75

Just tried it for a few minutes with all extensions enabled and it failed at almost every task I proposed. How many emails are in my gmail? (Completely incapable of answering this, didn't even try, just listed my last ~5 emails) Based on my gmail account, how many flights have I booked in the last two years? (Also completely incapable, and didn't try, and again listed those same last ~5 emails) When is the cheapest o…

I think you need to give tasks that enable it to lookup and process specific documents. I am not sure they designed it for data mining tasks. And it’s probably not as smart as GPT4 which might break it down into steps like “search for possible flight confirmations” and “validate results”.

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Post by BXlnt2EachOther »

freedomben wrote: post #42
jvolkman wrote: post #21

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I just asked it your question and it seemed to give the correct answer? Also, there's now a built-in button to check its answer against an actual Google search and the UX is pretty slick.

Did it say September 15 or 18? (both answers I've gotten from it over the past month or two). If so, that's wrong. It's September 22. As sibling pointed out though, there are apparently web pages that have it wrong so it's probably not Bard's fault. I also wouldn't be shocked if the date changed and was originally 9/15

It does look like the release date was pushed back a week, about a month ago.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://staind.l...

https://www.theprp.com/2023/08/22/news/staind-premiere-their... (August 23)

>Citing production delays, Staind have now announced that their new album “Confessions Of The Fallen” will arrive a week later than intended. That full-length outing will now be available on September 22nd.

Re: Bard can now connect to your Google Apps and services

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Post by freedomben »

BXlnt2EachOther wrote: post #88
freedomben wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did it say September 15 or 18? (both answers I've gotten from it over the past month or two). If so, that's wrong. It's September 22. As sibling pointed out though, there are apparently web pages that have it wrong so it's probably not Bard's fault. I also wouldn't be shocked if the date changed and was originally 9/15

It does look like the release date was pushed back a week, about a month ago. https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://staind.l... https://www.theprp.com/2023/08/22/news/staind-premiere-their... (August 23) >Citing production delays, Staind have now announced that their new album “Confessions Of The Fallen” will arrive a week later than intended. That full-length outing will now be available on September 2…

Fascinating! Thanks that solves what was a pretty big mystery to me, and definitely makes me feel better about Bard
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