alt Hacker NewsLike the sibling, I can't really agree with this. Google is now quite good at answering general queries and doing simple calculations, which is a big step up from its capabilities a few years ago. For example, you can ask
> What is the equivalent focal length on APS-C of 80mm on full frame?
and get the correct answer. It's not good compared to frontier AI models, but that's to be expected, given that you don't pay for it.
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esafak • today at 4:52 PM
It's also multi-modal, right?
It seems to basically one-shot off of the top X search results. If you ask it a spec I would expect it to be quite reliable. If you try to use it for anything with nuance it will typically fall on its face.
It has at least improved with the second category recently that it seems to be more right than wrong. But it still tends to work your query into whatever results it got, which makes it downright dangerous for when people are doing searches on health-related information.