ChatGPT. I avoid Google as much as possible.
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Haven't tried bard but use ChatGPT to write/debug scripts and SAP stuff. Also asking it when I have simple but technical questions.
I am also downloading and running the latest models in the local LLM space every 2-3 weeks, just waiting for the point at which they finally take over gpt3.5 at which point I'll probably not touch ChatGPT again.
I use bing mostly.
Ditto. I mostly use it when Google (search, not Bard) fails me. I find it's really good at answering questions of the ilk: "I swear there's a function for this in the library I'm using, what's it called again?", or telling me that it doesn't actually exist.
Agreed. I find Bing chat is really good when I know almost nothing about what I'm searching, or when I know a whole lot about what I'm searching. Like in your example, if I know exactly what I need but can't remember its name Bing will read all the spammy beginners' guides for me and get the answer. And on the opposite end, if I'm looking to buy a gift in a hobby I don't remotely understand Bing does a pretty good job of holding my hand through the search process.
Weirdly, medium knowledge questions seem to still do better as a basic Google search. If I need to fix an appliance I've fixed before, but it's been a long time so I really need a full walkthrough, the first few results on Google are faster than waiting for Bing to talk through it.
Having it do a search then summarize the content from the search in one step is really handy. Basically skips the step of regular search oping a bunch of the links looking for relevant info.
AND it provides the source / references so you can easily click and read the actual page the info came from.
Google's built-in chatbot search "experiment" seems to do the same thing. It's kind of neat.
Not available in Canada apparently (bard version).. however bing is...
... Is a sentance I never thought I would read in a million years
Tried both but honestly haven't found much of a proper use for either.
I still don't think it's much more of a novelty. From what I've used it really feels like you can see the training data in all of the answers, which obviously, but like if I ask it to write a cover letter it feels like it's some cover letter it trained on more than mine
It’s much better than novelty if you learn how to use it. I routinely use it to write scripts for Google apps scripts, bash, etc. I’m using it to help with rust libraries that don’t have much documentation. I’ve used it to research camera gear that I don’t know much about. And once you get some information from it you can then go Google. Google has gotten so bad lately that it’s not hard for ChatGPT to beat it though. If you’re using 3.5 I highly recommend stopping that nonsense though. There’s zero reason to use 3.5 and every reason to use 4.
ChatGPT is my programming rubber ducky for general stuff
I find Phind.com quite useful as an IT person.
I have never heard about it. What are the benefits over generic chatGPT?
I tried both with same question and found them both good. I'm not actively using them for now, but if they give the same results I'll prioritize Bard. I hate Microsoft more than Google.
Github copilot (chatgpt) is amazing for accelerated programming
I use ChatGPT and Bing Chat.
I barely use Bard because it does not support Spanish yet (my main language).
Neither because AI is bullshit
I haven't tried Bard, but I've currently been using ChatGPT for writing cover letters for job applications.
I still use Google for ~95% of my queries because I like real sources, comprehensive documentation, and not having to read a wall of text when a one-line answer would have sufficed.
ChatGPT is a good replacement for Quora/Stack Exchange for explaining general knowledge stuff like other languages' grammar and simple science, as well as finding authors/books/movies from descriptions when you've forgotten their names.
Bard is... kinda dumb. I gave it a few chances, but it was nothing compared to ChatGPT's free tier.