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I don’t understand why is Gemini even considered “jaw-dropping” to begin with. GPT-4V has set the bar so high that all their demos and presentations paled in co
by sheepscreek 3y ago
I don’t understand why is Gemini even considered “jaw-dropping” to begin with. GPT-4V has set the bar so high that all their demos and presentations paled in comparison. And it’s available for anyone to use. People have already build mind-blowing demos with it (like https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/ai-powered-drawing-app-stuns-developers-by-turning-sketches-into-functional-games/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/ai-po...).
The entire launch felt like a concentrated effort to “appear” competitive to OpenAI. Google was splitting hairs talking about low single digit percentage improvement in benchmarks. Against a model that has been out for over 6 months.
I have never been so unimpressed with them. Not only has OpenAI managed to snag this one from under Google’s nose, IMO - they seem to be defending their lead quite well. Now that is something unmistakably remarkable. Color me impressed!
- kjkjadksj 3y agoSome other commenter, a former googler, a while back alluded to figuring out the big secret and being thrown for a tizzy at the resulting cognitive dissonance they realize they’ve been buying into. Its never about making a good product. Its about keeping up with the joneses in the eyes of tech investors. And just look at the movement on the stock today as a result of this probable lemon of a product: nothing else mattered except keeping up appearances. CEOs make historic careers optimizing companies for appearances over function like this.
- sheepscreek 3y agoI get that. But I don’t get why journalists who cover the industry and are expected to get it would call this “jaw dropping”. Maybe I am reading too much into it. It was likely added to increase the shock factor.