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Yesterday, Google took a massive step forward for the generative AI world by releasing Gemini Ultra, the company’s most powerful chatbot ever.
Gemini is the company’s much-anticipated response to ChatGPT and OpenAI’s GPT-4 model, which was the industry leader to this point.
Based on my early testing, Gemini Ultra matches or exceeds GPT-4’s performance. In particular, there’s one thing that Gemini Ultra does way better than ChatGPT.
Gemini’s release is Google’s biggest AI move in at least a year, and Gemini is now ChatGPT’s only true competitor.
On their official launch page, Google provides three examples of the new things Gemini Ultra can do. I decided to test the model’s performance by trying each of those things.
Here are the results from my first hands-on tests of Gemini Ultra and Google’s new Gemini Advanced platform.
Google writes that Gemini “can be your personal tutor — creating step-by-step instructions, sample quizzes or back-and-forth discussions tailored to your learning style.”
I’m a professional photographer, and I often teach photography courses. I decided to test Gemini’s ability to teach about a specific photographic concept.
A student recently asked me about what “aperture” means in photography. I asked Gemini to tutor me about it.
I was amazed! Gemini used the human eye’s pupil as a metaphor for describing how a camera aperture works. That’s exactly the same metaphor that I use with my students to explain the concept.
Gemini then went on to accurately explain how aperture decisions affect the appearance of photos, and how aperture is used for different photographic styles.
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