The first wave of generative AI chatbots and models were focused almost entirely on parsing and creating text.
That also expanded to different media formats, like images and video.
Another example involved asking Gemini, I just moved to Chicago, anything I should be thinking about?
The demo that shocked me the most wasa segment about using Gemini in Gmail.
The repair quotes in the example email ranged from $875 to $1500.
I cant imagine ever using AI assistance to make that kind of decision.
How is Gemini an improvement?
Google wont cover the cost of my broken roof because Gemini misread an email.
It also wont refund me when it sends my returned shoes to the wrong address.
The key phrase there is help me, because Im still looking at the input and checking the results.
There have been other attempts at using generative AI to accomplish real-life tasks.
Generative AI cannot do that.
Geminimade a mistake in a demo videotoday at Google I/O, and itsnot even the first time that happened.
Why would I trust Gemini to make important financial decisions for me, or any other real-life task?
Is saving a few seconds or minutes with mundane tasks really worth the potential problems?
