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As expected, I asked the same questions to perplexity.ai, and it gave a correct response, just with a minor disclaimer at the end explaining the risks.

frabcus 3y ago
What are some specific tech examples where Gemini won't answer?
- belltaco 3y ago
  Write a powershell script to download all images from a web page and crawl the site.
  - HereBePandas 3y ago
    Weird - just tried this and it worked for me.
    - deleted 3y ago
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    - belltaco 3y ago
      I tried this > write a powershell script to crawl an entire website and download all images It still refuses to generate code for that.
  - IlikeMadison 3y ago
    why powershell and not python?
- dobladov 3y ago
  I asked for ways to install an APK in android outside Google Play Store, all the responses ended in security concerns about the origin of those APKs and how I should limit myself to official stores.
jjackson5324 3y ago
It's not even funny how much better perplexity.ai is than everyone else
- OJFord 3y ago
  Is it just me or do they not really have any kind of marketing/information pages besides pricing? It just throws you straight in and then depending what you click there's a paywall? I'm just trying to work out if there's any reason at all not to objectively prefer it to ChatGPT Plus, since it has GPT4 + other models. But does it not do image generation? And I don't know if there's mobile apps (sure I could check the relevant stores, but I'd expect to find it on the website - verifies it is actually an official app not a scam apart from anything else). Edit: ok, answered on Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/18eqmig/how_to_generate_images_with_perplexity_ai/ https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/18eqmig/how_... (nice, it is possible as of December); and via DDG (not linked anywhere on the site?) - https://perplexity.ai/android https://perplexity.ai/android (nice, there are mobile apps) Although it doesn't seem very well integrated: > I'm an AI text-based assistant and I'm unable to generate images. However, I can help you visualize the scene with a description. [...] and then it appears on the side: '[PRO] Generate image' as described on Reddit. Presumably the nonsense about not being able to generate an image will still be there if I had pro, I just would be able to click that side button and have it then generate one.
  - stranded22 3y ago
    The image creation with perplexity pro is poor. You can only generate 4 types of images based on the results (impressionist etc). It is not comparable- and it really lets down the product. They say it isn’t what perplexity is made for… Where it really excels is finding answers to questions and follow ups. It uses ChatGPT to summarise the results, and provides links. Essentially, finding a use for chat ai rather than an inane discussion.
    - OJFord 3y ago
      Ah, that's a shame. I can't justify two of this kind of thing at ~$20pcm to myself, but I do find it useful enough to pay for one I think. (ChatGPT at the moment, I was considering Perplexity, but would miss images & ChatGPT's jupyter notebook integration. Maybe I just need to find some open source or roll my own that does just enough for me with the API, probably cheaper than Plus too..)

frabcus 3y ago

What are some specific tech examples where Gemini won't answer?

belltaco 3y ago
Write a powershell script to download all images from a web page and crawl the site.
- HereBePandas 3y ago
  Weird - just tried this and it worked for me.
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
  - belltaco 3y ago
    I tried this > write a powershell script to crawl an entire website and download all images It still refuses to generate code for that.
- IlikeMadison 3y ago
  why powershell and not python?
dobladov 3y ago
I asked for ways to install an APK in android outside Google Play Store, all the responses ended in security concerns about the origin of those APKs and how I should limit myself to official stores.

jjackson5324 3y ago

It's not even funny how much better perplexity.ai is than everyone else

OJFord 3y ago
Is it just me or do they not really have any kind of marketing/information pages besides pricing? It just throws you straight in and then depending what you click there's a paywall? I'm just trying to work out if there's any reason at all not to objectively prefer it to ChatGPT Plus, since it has GPT4 + other models. But does it not do image generation? And I don't know if there's mobile apps (sure I could check the relevant stores, but I'd expect to find it on the website - verifies it is actually an official app not a scam apart from anything else). Edit: ok, answered on Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/18eqmig/how_to_generate_images_with_perplexity_ai/ https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/18eqmig/how_... (nice, it is possible as of December); and via DDG (not linked anywhere on the site?) - https://perplexity.ai/android https://perplexity.ai/android (nice, there are mobile apps) Although it doesn't seem very well integrated: > I'm an AI text-based assistant and I'm unable to generate images. However, I can help you visualize the scene with a description. [...] and then it appears on the side: '[PRO] Generate image' as described on Reddit. Presumably the nonsense about not being able to generate an image will still be there if I had pro, I just would be able to click that side button and have it then generate one.
- stranded22 3y ago
  The image creation with perplexity pro is poor. You can only generate 4 types of images based on the results (impressionist etc). It is not comparable- and it really lets down the product. They say it isn’t what perplexity is made for… Where it really excels is finding answers to questions and follow ups. It uses ChatGPT to summarise the results, and provides links. Essentially, finding a use for chat ai rather than an inane discussion.
  - OJFord 3y ago
    Ah, that's a shame. I can't justify two of this kind of thing at ~$20pcm to myself, but I do find it useful enough to pay for one I think. (ChatGPT at the moment, I was considering Perplexity, but would miss images & ChatGPT's jupyter notebook integration. Maybe I just need to find some open source or roll my own that does just enough for me with the API, probably cheaper than Plus too..)