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Google today made Bard more widely available to users in the US and UK. I’ve been using the company’s chatbot to see how its generative AI compares to his ChatGPT and Bing AI.
As you can see in the screenshots Google provided with today’s announcement, the interface here is very similar to Bing AI in that it has wide text inputs and a conversation-based layout at the bottom of the screen. However, there are some important differences between Google and Microsoft products.
Bing AI requires you to click Chat or scroll up from the search results to the conversation page, but not on the Bard website. Microsoft has a broom icon to the left of the input bar to clear the slate and start a new topic. Google has a column on the left with options for ‘Reset Chat’, ‘Bird Activity’, ‘FAQ’ and ‘Help and Support’. .”
It’s also worth noting the language Google is struggling with here. When I visited the website, I got a warning that “The Bard is an Experiment”. It asks the user to remember two things: “The bard isn’t always right” and “The bard gets better with your feedback.”
Even after clicking OK and the reminder disappears, there is a line of fine print below the input field that says, “Bard may display inaccurate or offensive information that does not represent the views of Google.” I have. It’s understandable (and a bit funny) to see all these disclaimers after all the embarrassing debacles Bard has done so far.
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However, it’s all pretty unobtrusive and doesn’t really affect my experience with Bard. that isHowever, there are some functional differences here compared to Bing AI. For one thing, his Bing AI on desktop doesn’t offer speech-to-text conversion in the Input Bar (the app does), but Bard taps the mic on his laptop to say a query can dictate. I tend to rambling when I speak, so I prefer typing, but I was able to use this tool to read a few questions to the bard and see that it works.
Perhaps the biggest difference between Bard AI and Bing AI so far is the fact that Google includes a way to easily see alternate responses within a conversation.in the top left of each chat bubble[他のドラフトを表示]Click the dropdown arrow next to to see more suggestions.
I asked Bard to create a 30-minute core and abs workout plan, excluding sit-ups. This is what Microsoft has asked Bing AI to do in the past. I appreciate Bard for giving me a somewhat healthy routine that targets these areas and omits sit-ups, but other than I can see he’s more impressed with the two options. I received
Draft 1 suggested 3 sets of 10-12 repetitions of Plank, Side Plank, Russian Twist, and Mountain Climber, along with brief instructions on how to do each. But the plank and side plank guidance was too simplistic. Both were tips on form and “keep this posture as long as possible”. That varies a lot from person to person and can really affect the duration of his supposed 30-minute workout. It’s also unclear if Bard is saying that in three sets he should hold the plank 10-12 times as long as possible.
Unlike Bing, Google’s chatbot doesn’t always cite sources, so it wasn’t easy to be clear about these suggestions. For example, Draft 2 listed two sources, but had no in-line references to specific parts of the proposed workout. there was. Four exercises were conceived to be performed in a circuit (that is, one after the other, rather than completing 3 sets of each exercise before moving on to the next). These were planks, Russian twists, side planks, bicycle crunches and hip raises.
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The plank instructions were still simplistic, but at least for the side plank, Bird this time told him to hold the body for 30 seconds before switching sides. served in different ways. This time, instead of telling you to do four or he five specific exercises for a few sets of reps, Bard gives you a list of “plank variations,” followed by “crunches and leg raises,” and a cooldown. Provided guidance on how to stretch his. At the top of this plan, after a 5-minute warm-up activity, the chatbot simply says, ’10 minutes of plank he variations, 10 minutes of crunches and legs he raises, and a 5-minute cooldown he does. do some stretching.”
Upon closer inspection, some of the explanations here don’t make much sense. For “leg raises,” the bard’s description is, “Lie on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Place your hands behind your head and raise your feet toward the ceiling.” Inaccurate at worst.Google’s First search results for ‘leg raises’ In the video, there are some diagrams near the top, but they all don’t match what Bard described.The top text-based article for that query is new york times And it states more clearly what the exercise is.
I asked Bing to come up with the same workout plan, and I honestly can’t tell if it performed better. It offered a more comprehensive program with four circuits in four sets of bird dogs, dead bugs, rump bridges and side plates, but no explanation of what each of those names meant. There was no.
Both chatbots seem to require follow-up questions. I asked Bing and Bard how to do leg raises and they both showed me how to do leg raises with my knees bent. The Times, Men’s Health and other articles in Google search results). The pair of bots also gave a series of instructions on where to place your feet and hands, but Bing gave clearer guidance with instructions like “calves should be parallel to the ground and thighs should be vertical.” provided.
However, in several iterations (or drafts) of that answer, Bard provides helpful additional information such as “don’t arch your back” and “as you get stronger you can straighten your legs and lift them higher”. provided.
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