It seems like every presenter thought they would be the one to announce that Gemini is going to 2 million tokens. It’s not as effective after the 4th time… #GoogleIO 🧵
@jarrod So there's Gemini Pro and Gemini Advanced? (And Flash and Nano?) Or is Advanced an umbrella term?
@jarrod Oh, and Gemini, Gems, and Gemma. They saw Apple's M3 Pro and Max Pro Macs and said, "Hold my beer."
@jarrod From what I've caught from Google IO today, the tech is incredibly impressive. But I don't know how I could ever keep it in my head all what the assistant can do. I already have that problem with Siri, which can do way more than what I ever think to try. I guess that was the point of their (super corny) "Just Ask" ad.
And the way all the capabilities were introduced was very difficult to keep track of. What's available to consumers to try? What's only for developers? What's in each model? What's in the Assistant that's on Android phones? Does any of it require a specific phone or chip?
I expect Apple's presentation will be more clear, but it remains to be seen if they'll be able to keep up.
@jarrod well the only way they can get even anywhere close in the short term is to use Open Ai. Which I believe is a possibility.
@jarrod It'll be interesting to see if Apple follows the trend of naming/numbering their AI model like Google and OpenAI do. I'm hoping and expecting their approach will be to introduce features to the OS, which already has a regular update paradigm and not also need to keep track of which model is running the show.
@jarrod I can feel the crustiness of age starting in as my initial reaction to much of what I saw presented today was feeling overwhelmed. And the thought that I'll probably just keep using computers the way I have. But that's the easiest way to get left behind and not benefit from everything they can help us accomplish.
I'm sure young(er) people will direct this orchestra of AI features into a symphony. It's going to require dedicated effort from me.
