Well the AI’s themselves are yeah, but it’d take me a lot longer to write that down into google instead of just saying “Hey Google, I’m shining a UV light on a pixel 8, what’s that oval on the screen”.

I’m not gonna refrain from using them as if me quitting them would make any difference to the global energy consumption.

I don’t even aways wash the jam jars I throw to the glass recycling and sometimes I won’t bother to rip the small bits of plastic from juices cans to toss them into cardboard recycling, so I’ll just toss the entire thing to the burnable waste bin.

And despite knowing I could be more helpful, I find that the largest issues aren’t on the level of the consumer and my choices make very little difference.

I like talking to Gemini to a) see what it can and can’t do and b) improve it through use.

I’m honestly considering getting the pro for at least the 30 days trial. But I’m gonna put that off for now.

Before Gemini I used the Google Assistant. It gives shorter answers and is better and some things, but I mostly use it to control my smart lighting and for that both work equally well and Gemini’s voice(s) is(/are) more pleasing.

The other day I got Gemini to admit Google is lying to me. Took less than 10 minutes. I was just amusing my self and probing the edges of Gemini’s behaviour. (I got a recording if anyone wants to see it)