Technology is constantly advancing and improving. These advances are helping people all over the world to communicate, operate, and function. New programs and platforms continue to be developed for advancing daily use.
Most of us already use some sort of AI, or artificial intelligence. From virtual assistance at home to play music or turn on the lights to a GPS system in your car.
AI is becoming mainstream with technological advancements all the time. Google Bard is also the counterpart to Microsoft’s ChatGPT system. Bard is an interactive chat service.
What is Google Bard?
Google Bard is a revolutionary new tool recently unveiled at the Google I/O 2023 conference. This cutting-edge technology is designed to make it easier than ever before for people to create engaging, high-quality content.
With Google Bard, users will be able to generate text that is both informative and entertaining, all with the help of advanced AI algorithms that are constantly learning and improving.
Whether you’re an aspiring writer, a content marketer, or simply someone who wants to share their ideas with the world, Google Bard is an excellent tool that can help you achieve your goals.
It can create content for marketing, college essays, and help generate ideas for your creative writing. It’s still in its infantry, but generating a lot of interest around the world.
How Does Google Bard Work?
While the two systems seem similar and do function in the same manner, the biggest difference is that ChatGPT is fed information, and Google Bard retrieves its information for the internet.
This makes perfect sense when you think about it. When you think about looking something up, you tend to think of Google. The word Google has become a verb.
The system is based on Google’s very own LLM (Large Language Model), known as LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications). And, not unlike ChatGPT, the engineers at Google have trained LaMDA on hundreds of billions of parameters.
This allows the AI system to “learn” natural language on its own. The result is a chatbot that can answer any question in natural and conversational language that is appropriate for all users.
Bard continues to be a prototype but is constantly advancing and is becoming available in many more languages. It will be available in upwards of 40 different languages and is accessible worldwide.
Using Google Bard
Using Google Bard is simple. You only need to access your Google account and it is available to start working for you. It is mostly just an open text field and you can type in anything you want.
Providing the question you ask isn’t against their rules of protocol, you can find pretty much anything you want. But, unlike simply Googling something, you can add much more text.
Look up recipes, maps, search for text and creative ideas, or anything else you are curious about. Once you do, you should see other options, as well. Bard should provide you with one or two other options.
This is also unique to Bard. if you don’t find all three options to your liking, you can regenerate these for more options. If you get the same results, simply ask the prompt in a different way.
You can also use Bard to code. You just need to export the information to Replit by clicking the share icon under an answer from Bard and then choose where you want it exported to.
What is Google Bard Used For?
Google Bard can be used for a variety of purposes, including creative writing, music composition, and even as a great tool to learn a new language. It is used for essays, poetry, emails, newsletters, and anything else where people want to generate text or code.
Because it is powered by artificial intelligence, Google Bard has the ability to generate a wide range of unique and creative works that can inspire and entertain users.
It also uses the internet so users have access to almost endless data that already exists. In early testing, the system made an error, which caused some concern, but as we all know, never believe everything you read on the internet.
For this reason, you should never rely entirely on the information generated as complete. Make sure you check it, especially if you are using it for a professional outcome.
Look up information, images, text, and anything else you need. Prompt it to write your latest sales promotion, a review, or ask it for ways to substitute butter for oil.
Limitations
As Google Bard is still in its testing stage, there are going to be snags and limitations. One of the biggest limitations is its inability to save the chat information once you close the page.
Accuracy is also a concern, simply because it uses its own source, the internet. With access to so much data, it is bound to find false or inaccurate results. This is why you need to check your answers before using them outright.
The good news about the errors is that the system is very new, so it will be under constant upgrades and supervision. Because it is so very new, it can only be improved upon.
Google Bard vs ChatGPT
Both of these systems come with their own advantages and disadvantages. Bard has access to much more data via the internet, where ChatGPT uses information that has been programmed in. Both are fallible.
Because Bard is a Google creation, it not only has access to the information there, but you can also choose to simply ask Google for more results from the Bard page.
ChatGPT tends to be more conversational in its replies. ChatGPT can also save all your searches, whereas Bard cannot, but you can export them to save them elsewhere on your device.
AI is the Future
People all over the world are finding great and creative ways of using Google Bard every day. It’s free to use with your Google account and while the debate rages on about its ethics, it is here to stay.
Watch This Video
For more information, watch this video from Google I/O 2023: