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

Google is a global company a hell of its their users are not native english speakers and for a lot of english speakers like those from say India, they do not know what Bard is. Bard sounds like a LGBTQ hippie with pink hair. Perfectly good name for a beta and experimental product. Not for something mature and major.

Gemini is pretty good though I do not know whether Gem-in-eye or Je-mee-nee is the correct pronunciation. Gemini is a start, constellation and extremely popular word and most people are likely to know it because horoscope.

I think it is (very) fair to say this is a risky bet. I would love to hear from the HN community why we are wrong to take it.

Here’s the case we see:

1. Google has a long history of seeking to evolve the GSuite and failing. There are notable exceptions, but the failures are far more notable (Wave, G+).

2. Extending Gsuite is a scripts game. As amazing as the idea of an AI powered Gsuite is, practical B2B implementation requires a heavy amount of custom process design and integration. While Google can modify their own products far beyond what GApp scripts do, the ecosystem around Gsuite is still fundamentally very hacky. There’s an entire universe of products that could just be Google add-ons but aren’t. Google has missed the trend of no code/low code when you compare to tools like Notion, Coda, AirTable, Zapier, etc.

3. GSuite products are fundamentally legacy UIs. This is the riskiest part of our bet. The thesis is that AI-first approaches to solving for user needs will be significantly better solved by re-imagining common products than adding chat-driven functionality on top of them. If true, Google could actually lose market share after incorporating Gemini.

Microsoft, in relative terms, is executing on all of the above and has been for a while.

There’s a host of other reasons (mentioned on this thread already) Google may fail in this attempt, but the execution challenge here is intense. Google is both taking longer to get to market and delivering a lackluster comparison overall to OpenAI/Microsoft, despite all the metric gamesmanship.

MS has so much more of the market and has to win, whereas Google’s revenue and stock price is far less impacted by GSuite.

It would be an extraordinary thing for Google to actually win this race.

[0] https://huggingface.co/spaces/lmsys/chatbot-arena-leaderboar...

> I can't generate images of that. Try asking me to generate images of something else.

I thought it was saying there was an issue with my prompt. So I asked:

> Why can't you?

I got this response:

I can't generate images for several reasons:

    Technical limitations: Image generation is a complex task. Even the most advanced image generation AI models require powerful computer hardware and specialized software. I'm simply not equipped to do this as a language model.

    Focus on language: My primary function is to understand and generate text.  I'm trained on massive amounts of text data, which helps me  write poems, answer your questions thoughtfully, and have conversations. Image generation is a whole different specialization.

    Potential for misuse: Image generation technology has the potential to be misused, such as creating deepfakes or  images that might be harmful or offensive. It's important to use these tools responsibly and ethically.

    Describe the scene in detail: I can enhance the poem with vivid descriptions of the setting, the baker's emotions and appearance, and the fairy's ethereal form. This can help you imagine the image more clearly.
    Find inspiration: I can search for illustrations or art in a similar style to guide a human artist, should you want to commission an illustration for your poem.
    Recommend image generation tools: I can point you towards simple online image generation tools if you'd like to experiment with creating visuals yourself. Just be aware of their limitations.