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Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced

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Post by facialwipe »

rob74 wrote: post #773
crazygringo wrote: post #761

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not surprised -- I thought Bard was terrible branding. It's all associations with Shakespeare and poetry and medieval England, and as much as I might personally enjoy those, it's extremely backwards-looking, with archaic connotations. Also it sounds close to "beard" -- hairy stuff. Gemini sounds like the space program -- futuristic, a leap for mankind. It's got all the right emotional associations. It's a constel…

Gem-in-eye? Ouch! Also, Gemini was appropriate for the space program because (a) there were two astronauts in the capsule and (b) because of the constellation, "aiming for the stars" and all that. For the Google project however I can't come up with a plausible explanation - Google doesn't even try to give a reason for the name either.

During Project Gemini, it was pronounced it Gem-in-ee.

https://youtu.be/JeAUx6-vSmc?feature=shared

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Post by yreg »

karmasimida wrote: post #750
jonplackett wrote: post #427

I’ve been pretty excited to finally try Gemini advanced. So far pretty disappointed. Here’s my go-to test question - which even chat gpt 3.5 can get. Question: I walk up to a glass door. It has the word push on it in mirror writing. Should I push or pull the door, and why Gemini advanced: You should push the door. Here's why: * Mirror Writing: The word "PUSH" is written in mirror writing, meaning it would appear corr…

What I got from Gemini Advanced: > Should you pull the door? Yes. Here's why: Mirror writing means the word "push" appears reversed on the side of the door you're facing. This indicates that the handle or hinges are on the opposite side, making it a pull door. I modified your prompt slightly, not to boost performance, but to reduce verbosity, my prompt: > I walk up to a glass door. It has the word push on it in mirro…

I don't know about Gemini, but GPT is pretty agreeable. When you ask if X is true, it will usually find some arguments to claim it is true. Therefore asking whether X or Y is usually better than asking should I do X.

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Post by IanCal »

sahila wrote: post #757
IanCal wrote: post #701

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Incredible. Gpt4 spots that the door is transparent and that changes things but has this great line > When you initially pick a door (in this case, door number 1 where you already see the car), you have a 1/3 chance of having picked the car (Asking it to explain this it correctly solves the problem but it's a wonderfully silly sentence) Edit - in a new chat it gets it right the first time

This is not convincing though that gpt4 actually understands the problem. Here's a slight variation I asked and it fails miserably. https://chat.openai.com/share/22a9027f-a2c1-428a-94a2-8fd918... I wonder what lends itself it answer correct in one situation but not the other? Was your question previously asked already and it recognized it whereas my question is different enough?

It's a bit random, which doesn't help, and different interfaces have different system prompts.

I repeated your question a few times and it got it wrong once, and right the others. It repeatedly mixed up who was supposed to be the host.

Here's a quote

> In the scenario you've described, you've initially chosen door number one, which you know has a car behind it because the doors are made of transparent glass. Since you already know the contents behind each door, the classic Monty Hall problem's probability-based decision-making does not apply here.

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Post by chaostheory »

summerlight wrote: post #765

Beside of the model quality or whatever, I think the subscription plan tiers are structured in a quite weird way, especially for those who already use Google One. Previously, the tiers are reasonably structured: 1. $9.99/month for 2TB + other benefits. Offered in both monthly and annual plans. 2. $24.99/month for 5TB. Includes all benefits above. Offered in both monthly and annual plans. 3. Higher tiers for 10~30TB.…

They did the same pricing scheme for YouTube premium family plans. My guess is that they took out the annual plans so they can extract more money from customers.

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Post by ants_everywhere »

TillE wrote: post #644
gnicholas wrote: post #630

I'm surprised they got rid of the Bard name. It struck me as a really smart choice since a Bard is someone who said things, and it's an old/archaic enough word to not already be in a zillion other names. Gemini, on the other hand, doesn't strike me as particularly relevant (except that perhaps it's a twin of ChatGPT?), and there are other companies with the same name. EDIT: I can see the advantage of picking a name t…

I'm sure "Bard" was primarily a Shakespeare reference (The Bard of Avon, frequently just The Bard), and I liked it too. An appropriate name for a technology that's all about language. Gemini sounds cool and sci-fi though, and maybe it's a bit easier to localize since it's just straight Latin.

Bards were the people who kept history and genealogy before written history. Think like Homer rather than Shakespeare. I think the name was meant more to evoke the idea that the AI is a repository of all linguistic knowledge in the same way that the bard was. And maybe also the idea that the AI was at your service in the same way the bard was at the service of the ruler.

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Post by 93po »

Andrex wrote: post #598
amadeuspagel wrote: post #528

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> censorship is more annoying (have to ask multiple times about medical topics) I think there's a chance for some country to become a center of healthcare simply by allowing AI that gives medical advice. Especially if a country already encourages medical tourism, this might be the next level.

The risks involving hallucinations are too damn high still, and may always be. I had a similar line of thought with AI therapists. It could be massively beneficial if perfect, but the risk in seriously messing with someone's well-being is significant and shouldn't be handwaved away.

I will take nearly free GPT6 therapy any day. Can’t be worse than some human therapists I’ve had and the price is right

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Post by cl42 »

foogazi wrote: post #818
cl42 wrote: post #805

Anyone know if Gemini has access to the web? Or how to give it access, if so? Happy to pay for Ultra but the docs are unclear...

It can summarize links and provide links for products I asked it to summarize a link for a product and give me comparable products, with reviews and links and build a table for the results

Aha, thank you! After trying a few more queries, I see it doing that. Weirdly, Gemini regularly tells me it doesn't have access to search results or the web.
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