Get ready to meet Bard, Google’s experimental chatbot trained on trillions of words from the internet that you can converse with like a buddy. Named after the famous poet William Shakespeare, Bard’s responses should read like actual human writing, but can it live up to its high bar? As Bard is slowly being released, it’s unclear what it’s good for, but Google says it’s a “creative collaborator” that can help boost productivity and accelerate ideas.
Unlike ChatGPT, Google’s other AI bot, Bard is trained on a data set of text and code constantly being updated, meaning it can access and process up-to-date and relevant information. Bard can also generate different creative text formats, such as poems, scripts, musical pieces, emails, letters, etc., but it can’t generate computer code as Google turned off that capability.
However, critics are concerned about how well Google will balance making Bard useful and fun while putting limits on it to prevent the tech’s tendency to make up facts, show bias, and run off on weird tangents. Bard is trained on the internet, and it seems to have picked up on some of its views about gender, as it says that boys want to be successful, achieve goals, and make a difference in the world and that girls want love, affection, and fun.
Despite the uncertainties, Google is trying to introduce Bard in a “responsible” way, rolling out access slowly to people who sign up on its website. So, if you’re curious about Bard and want to know what it can do, send an email with your questions, and we’ll share its exciting replies. Keep in mind that Bard is experimental and might give inaccurate or offensive responses.
