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1. atkrista · 1790765554 · focus · HN ↗

   I would just LOVE to see all the behind-the-scenes shithousery both companies are employing to one-up the other in this, largely, 2-horse AGI race. Someone should make a mockumentary when all is said and done!

   1. petesergeant · 1790766078 · focus · HN ↗

      > largely 2-horse

      The absolute frontier is largely 2-horse, but the rest of the pack is very close behind, which I'm grateful for. Grok, Facebook, and the Chinese vendors are producing excellent models.

      1. bayindirh · 1790766425 · focus · HN ↗

         Gemini is also pretty nice for researching things. It turns out that having the whole internet indexed and having unlimited access to YouTube is a force multiplier of some kind.

         Since Google has their own TPUs, TPS is also pretty high w.r.t. Claude, for example.

         1. thunfischtoast · 1790766964 · focus · HN ↗

            I think Gemini could be a great product, if they didn't decide to stuff it down my throat at every possible occasion.

            Recent example: on my e-reader, tapping a word I don't now and clicking "Translate" pulls up the possible translations from a dictionary, a local file just a couple of megabytes big, near instantly, on this tiny processor.

            Doing the same on my Android phone starts a Gemini-chat with the prompt "Translate the word x into y". Takes forever, internet access needed, results vary, burns who knows who much energy.

            Why? Just why?

            1. bayindirh · 1790768255 · focus · HN ↗

               That kind of shoving down is pretty bad, I agree.

               I neither use Android devices nor Google Search, so the only Gemini thing I see is the Gemini chat interface.

               I understand the pain, though.

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