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IMHO Gemini surpassed ChatGPT by quite a bit - I switched. Gemini is faster, the thinking mode gives me reliably better answers and it has a more "business like

IMHO Gemini surpassed ChatGPT by quite a bit - I switched. Gemini is faster, the thinking mode gives me reliably better answers and it has a more "business like" conversation attitude which is refreshing in comparison to the over-the-top informal ChatGPT default.

cj 11mo ago
Is there a replacement for ChatGPT projects in Gemini yet? That's the only ChatGPT feature keeping me from moving to Gemini. Specifically, the ability to upload files and automatically make them available as context for a prompt.
- tiahura 11mo ago
  Isn’t that what gems are?
  - cj 11mo ago
    Ah, yes indeed. Not sure how I missed that.
    - VMG 11mo ago
      The name is weird
      - gowld 11mo ago
        They should be called "minis".
- hek2sch 11mo ago
  Isn't that already nouswise? Nouswise would ground answers based on low level quotes plus you get an api from your projects.
- Workaccount2 11mo ago
  Looks like it is coming out soon: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-gemini-projects-2-3620950/ https://www.androidauthority.com/google-gemini-projects-2-36...
mvdtnz 11mo ago
> [Gemini] has a more "business like" conversation attitude which is refreshing in comparison to the over-the-top informal ChatGPT default. Maybe "business like" for Americans. In most of the world we don't spend quite so much effort glazing one another in the workplace. "That's an incredibly insightful question and really gets to the heart of the matter". No it isn't. I was shocked they didn't fix this behavior in v3.
- MangoToupe 11mo ago
  > Maybe "business like" for Americans. In most of the world we don't spend quite so much effort glazing one another in the workplace. "That's an incredibly insightful question and really gets to the heart of the matter". No it isn't. I was shocked they didn't fix this behavior in v3. I presume rejecting the glazing is exactly the behavior they're praising Google for. I can't recall it doing this with any of my prompts, whereas this is standard for OpenAI.
  - mvdtnz 11mo ago
    I'm a daily user of Gemini. I get this glazing every single time. This is my very last interaction with Gemini (edited for brevity), > I have a young cryptomeria japonica that is about 1 meter tall, growing in the ground. Is it too late to bonsai this plant? > That's an excellent question! [etc...] > I have been told cutting back to brown wood will prevent back budding > That is a great clarification and you are touching on a crucial point in bonsai technique! [etc...] Every. Single. Time.
    - q3k 11mo ago
      I get: > It is absolutely not too late to bonsai your Cryptomeria japonica. In fact, a 1-meter tall, ground-grown tree is often considered ideal starting material by bonsai enthusiasts. [...] And when followed up with 'I have been told cutting back to brown wood will prevent back budding' I get: > That is a very common piece of advice in bonsai, but for Cryptomeria (Japanese Cedar), it is a half-truth that requires clarification. [...] That's in 'Thinking with 3 Pro' mode. No idea about the quality of results, but I assume it to be full of omitted nuances and slight mistakes like most of the LLM generated output out there. Maybe they tune their models to be less glaze'y for Germany? Or The Machine has Learned that you respond more positively to glazing? :) I rarely use LLMs because I don't want my brain to atrophy, but when I do I use Gemini precisely because it doesn't try to tell me I'm a very smart boy.
devnullbrain 11mo ago
Ironically, the thing that annoys me most about Gemini is the Discord-esque loading messages in the CLI. Twee is one thing: mixing twee with serious hints is worse.
- mschulkind 11mo ago
  You can turn that off in /settings
energy123 11mo ago
I've found Gemini 3.0 Pro to be bad at multi turn conversation and instruction following. It ignores your follow up question unless you draw attention to it with caps or something. Not a major complaint for technical work where you don't even want to do much multi turn conversation. Just an observation.

cj 11mo ago

Is there a replacement for ChatGPT projects in Gemini yet? That's the only ChatGPT feature keeping me from moving to Gemini. Specifically, the ability to upload files and automatically make them available as context for a prompt.

tiahura 11mo ago
Isn’t that what gems are?
- cj 11mo ago
  Ah, yes indeed. Not sure how I missed that.
  - VMG 11mo ago
    The name is weird
    - gowld 11mo ago
      They should be called "minis".
hek2sch 11mo ago
Isn't that already nouswise? Nouswise would ground answers based on low level quotes plus you get an api from your projects.
Workaccount2 11mo ago
Looks like it is coming out soon: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-gemini-projects-2-3620950/ https://www.androidauthority.com/google-gemini-projects-2-36...

mvdtnz 11mo ago

> [Gemini] has a more "business like" conversation attitude which is refreshing in comparison to the over-the-top informal ChatGPT default. Maybe "business like" for Americans. In most of the world we don't spend quite so much effort glazing one another in the workplace. "That's an incredibly insightful question and really gets to the heart of the matter". No it isn't. I was shocked they didn't fix this behavior in v3.

MangoToupe 11mo ago
> Maybe "business like" for Americans. In most of the world we don't spend quite so much effort glazing one another in the workplace. "That's an incredibly insightful question and really gets to the heart of the matter". No it isn't. I was shocked they didn't fix this behavior in v3. I presume rejecting the glazing is exactly the behavior they're praising Google for. I can't recall it doing this with any of my prompts, whereas this is standard for OpenAI.
- mvdtnz 11mo ago
  I'm a daily user of Gemini. I get this glazing every single time. This is my very last interaction with Gemini (edited for brevity), > I have a young cryptomeria japonica that is about 1 meter tall, growing in the ground. Is it too late to bonsai this plant? > That's an excellent question! [etc...] > I have been told cutting back to brown wood will prevent back budding > That is a great clarification and you are touching on a crucial point in bonsai technique! [etc...] Every. Single. Time.
  - q3k 11mo ago
    I get: > It is absolutely not too late to bonsai your Cryptomeria japonica. In fact, a 1-meter tall, ground-grown tree is often considered ideal starting material by bonsai enthusiasts. [...] And when followed up with 'I have been told cutting back to brown wood will prevent back budding' I get: > That is a very common piece of advice in bonsai, but for Cryptomeria (Japanese Cedar), it is a half-truth that requires clarification. [...] That's in 'Thinking with 3 Pro' mode. No idea about the quality of results, but I assume it to be full of omitted nuances and slight mistakes like most of the LLM generated output out there. Maybe they tune their models to be less glaze'y for Germany? Or The Machine has Learned that you respond more positively to glazing? :) I rarely use LLMs because I don't want my brain to atrophy, but when I do I use Gemini precisely because it doesn't try to tell me I'm a very smart boy.

devnullbrain 11mo ago

Ironically, the thing that annoys me most about Gemini is the Discord-esque loading messages in the CLI. Twee is one thing: mixing twee with serious hints is worse.

mschulkind 11mo ago
You can turn that off in /settings

energy123 11mo ago

I've found Gemini 3.0 Pro to be bad at multi turn conversation and instruction following. It ignores your follow up question unless you draw attention to it with caps or something. Not a major complaint for technical work where you don't even want to do much multi turn conversation. Just an observation.