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I love Gemini in Google Maps for long drives. I start getting bored of music and podcasts and start grilling it with random questions I've always wondered about

I love Gemini in Google Maps for long drives. I start getting bored of music and podcasts and start grilling it with random questions I've always wondered about.

abhgh 20d ago
I do this too! Usually some idea in ML ...when I am driving I might suddenly remember what I was thinking about and then it is my personal podcast via Gemini-in-Maps. My only complaint is if you have follow up questions, you have to be quick, otherwise it cuts off the mic.
- asdfman123 20d ago
  I feel like a 10 year old all over again with my frequency of questions. How did the early Roman Empire interact with Greek city states? How are LLMs planning on learning new information on the fly without new context or retraining runs? Why did mom leave? You know, standard stuff.
  - throwup238 20d ago
    > Why did mom leave? Reinforcement learning by human feedback.
    - Bluestein 19d ago
      This would be horrendous if it weren't so true.-
  - altmanaltman 19d ago
    > Why did mom leave? Even as a human being who has a working brain and all this thinking power, I am not sure how I would answer that. It's kind of funny Gemini will still come up with something and even suggest follow-ons to the conversation but saying all that stuff as a human to another human would be a wild response to that question.
cm2012 20d ago
Every drive
jonifico 20d ago
I do the same for improving my English skills. It's amazing!
rr808 20d ago
In Maps? Or is it Android Auto? I have Google built it. When I push the button on steering wheel I hardly know which layer I'm talking to.
- tharkun__ 20d ago
  Really? I am in Android Auto and I try to even just ask it to get me to "Costco Near Me". I know where it is. I wanna know if the sometimes there traffic jam that blocks the right lane is gonna expect me or not without being distracted zooming out from current location and then back in to the highway exit I know is prone to that at times. You know, I wanna be a good citizen and not be distracted by looking even a second at the screen I'm zooming around in. It tells me there's a Costco 10km from me and I'm like, yeah let's go there, that's the one I meant! And then it sends me to one that's like 40 minutes from me all across town and I'm like WTF?! Never mind asking Android Auto any question that's not driving related. It just doesn't understand me at all. Or even some driving related ones. "Find Alternative route". "Sorry, I can't help you with that". WTF?
  - bberrry 19d ago
    Does you Android Auto show a microphone for voice our the Gemini star? I think you're likely talking to the pre-Gemini voice assistant which is very basic.
MobzAlex 19d ago
Gemini Live now can be used to talk to any article on the web. I asked questions on the Gemini Live launch, got examples and use cases all live. https://app.digitalu.live/demo/6FRMzTD-pv https://app.digitalu.live/demo/6FRMzTD-pv

I love Gemini in Google Maps for long drives. I start getting bored of music and podcasts and start grilling it with random questions I've always wondered about.

abhgh 20d ago

I do this too! Usually some idea in ML ...when I am driving I might suddenly remember what I was thinking about and then it is my personal podcast via Gemini-in-Maps. My only complaint is if you have follow up questions, you have to be quick, otherwise it cuts off the mic.

asdfman123 20d ago
I feel like a 10 year old all over again with my frequency of questions. How did the early Roman Empire interact with Greek city states? How are LLMs planning on learning new information on the fly without new context or retraining runs? Why did mom leave? You know, standard stuff.
- throwup238 20d ago
  > Why did mom leave? Reinforcement learning by human feedback.
  - Bluestein 19d ago
    This would be horrendous if it weren't so true.-
- altmanaltman 19d ago
  > Why did mom leave? Even as a human being who has a working brain and all this thinking power, I am not sure how I would answer that. It's kind of funny Gemini will still come up with something and even suggest follow-ons to the conversation but saying all that stuff as a human to another human would be a wild response to that question.

cm2012 20d ago

Every drive

jonifico 20d ago

I do the same for improving my English skills. It's amazing!

rr808 20d ago

In Maps? Or is it Android Auto? I have Google built it. When I push the button on steering wheel I hardly know which layer I'm talking to.

tharkun__ 20d ago
Really? I am in Android Auto and I try to even just ask it to get me to "Costco Near Me". I know where it is. I wanna know if the sometimes there traffic jam that blocks the right lane is gonna expect me or not without being distracted zooming out from current location and then back in to the highway exit I know is prone to that at times. You know, I wanna be a good citizen and not be distracted by looking even a second at the screen I'm zooming around in. It tells me there's a Costco 10km from me and I'm like, yeah let's go there, that's the one I meant! And then it sends me to one that's like 40 minutes from me all across town and I'm like WTF?! Never mind asking Android Auto any question that's not driving related. It just doesn't understand me at all. Or even some driving related ones. "Find Alternative route". "Sorry, I can't help you with that". WTF?
- bberrry 19d ago
  Does you Android Auto show a microphone for voice our the Gemini star? I think you're likely talking to the pre-Gemini voice assistant which is very basic.

MobzAlex 19d ago

Gemini Live now can be used to talk to any article on the web. I asked questions on the Gemini Live launch, got examples and use cases all live. https://app.digitalu.live/demo/6FRMzTD-pv https://app.digitalu.live/demo/6FRMzTD-pv