Comment on Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever!
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 day agoIt can be grounded in facts. It’s great at RAG. But even alone, Gemini 2.5 is kinda shockingly smart.
…But the bigger point is how Google presents it. It shouldn’t be the top result of every search just thrown into your face, it should be a opt-in, conditional feature, and only if it can source a reliable website.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
After just trying it again a few times today for a few practical problems that it not only misunderstood at first completely and then gave me a completely hallucinated answer to every single one I am sorry, but the only thing shocking about it is how stupid it is despite Google’s vast resources. Not that stupid/smart really apply to statistical analysis of language.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Gemini 2.5?
The one they use in search is awful, and not the same thing.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
The one they use on gemini.google.com (which is 2.5 right now but was awful in earlier versions too).
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Try it here instead, set the temperature to like 0.1 or 0.2, and be sure to try 2.5 Pro:
aistudio.google.com
It is indeed still awful for things. It’s a tool, not a magic box, even though everyone advertises it kinda like the later.