Gemini 2.5 used to be solid. It still would fuck up sometimes, but its ability to remember small details throughout a long conversation and weave them in as relevant was phenomenal. It felt conversationally good to use it for that reason, at least for bouncing ideas off of and getting perspectives I didn’t consider myself.
Every model of it since has been like talking to a compulsive liar that also has dementia. Like someone you can largely trust to go cook some eggs, but tell them to go grab a complex recipe I asked for last week and make it again, and they’ll confidently say they’ve never seen that recipe before or made it in their life. I guess lobotomizing your product compared to your competitors all in the name of saving on cost seemed like a good idea to someone at Google
I got the top gemini plan for a year, nownuktra exists so I guess not best anymore.
It was good, useful becuase search sucks and it was handy. I told it to remember my preference for foss and privacy and eu manufactured.
It would not fuck off with that. It either got it wrong, “try huawei this or that, falls out of scope but is a good product” or I would ask for local activities “Ice cream fest is on in the city, free entry for kids. I COULD NOT FIND ANY INFORMATION STRICTLY NOTING THE FESTIVAL AS BEING FOSS OR HAVING A PROVACY FOCUS”
“IT IS ALSO NOT NOTED TO WORK WITH PHILIPS HUE WHICH YOU HAVE ENQUIRED ABOUT BEFORE”
“WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO LOOK MORE NICHE ACTIVITIES THAT COULD PIQUE AN INTEREST FOR YOU AND THE FAMILY WHILE ALSO FURTHER INCORPORATING YOUR PREFERENCES”
Gemini 2.5 used to be solid. It still would fuck up sometimes, but its ability to remember small details throughout a long conversation and weave them in as relevant was phenomenal. It felt conversationally good to use it for that reason, at least for bouncing ideas off of and getting perspectives I didn’t consider myself.
Every model of it since has been like talking to a compulsive liar that also has dementia. Like someone you can largely trust to go cook some eggs, but tell them to go grab a complex recipe I asked for last week and make it again, and they’ll confidently say they’ve never seen that recipe before or made it in their life. I guess lobotomizing your product compared to your competitors all in the name of saving on cost seemed like a good idea to someone at Google
I got the top gemini plan for a year, nownuktra exists so I guess not best anymore.
It was good, useful becuase search sucks and it was handy. I told it to remember my preference for foss and privacy and eu manufactured.
It would not fuck off with that. It either got it wrong, “try huawei this or that, falls out of scope but is a good product” or I would ask for local activities “Ice cream fest is on in the city, free entry for kids. I COULD NOT FIND ANY INFORMATION STRICTLY NOTING THE FESTIVAL AS BEING FOSS OR HAVING A PROVACY FOCUS”
“IT IS ALSO NOT NOTED TO WORK WITH PHILIPS HUE WHICH YOU HAVE ENQUIRED ABOUT BEFORE”
“WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO LOOK MORE NICHE ACTIVITIES THAT COULD PIQUE AN INTEREST FOR YOU AND THE FAMILY WHILE ALSO FURTHER INCORPORATING YOUR PREFERENCES”