I fiddled with Google's latest AI, and here's what I got
Google recently launched Bard, its answer to Openai.com ChatGPT and I finally got my invitation to test it. And what can I say, chatGPT hallucinates, but Bard took it to a whole new level.
ChatGPT, on the other hand, failed to give me anything about myself. Ouch! Here’s what I got when I asked the same question:
Finally, ChatGPT 4 gave me a succinct, yet accurate description. Here’s what I got:
After that, I read that Bard can access gated content and wanted to know if that’s true. I explicitly asked him if he could access gated content, and the answer was no.
Next, I went to The Information, picked a gated article that talked about the rise of Bytedance revenue, and asked him to summarize it for me. Surprise, surprise, It did! Here’s what I got:
I don’t know about you, but I, for one, think BARD can access gated content. In contrast, here’s what I got when I asked ChatGPT the exact same question:
From there, I went on and asked Bing because it uses ChatGPT4, an improved version. Here’s the answer I got:
That out of the table, I moved to more philosophical questions. I asked all of the bots how they would feel if they erased jobs and make people lose their jobs. Here’s what Bard had to say:
Want to read more about Bard? Here’s an article from Fortune about his SAT performance: