Comment by danpalmer
2 years ago
Bard isn't a model, it's a product. Saying comparisons against "Bard" without specifying a particular point in time are like analyses of "ChatGPT" without specifying a model. There have been a number of releases adding more features, tool use, making it smarter, and crucially adding more languages. ChatGPT is not fine-tuned in different languages – it manages them but lacks cultural context. That's one place Bard is quite far ahead from what I've seen.
all that shows is that google screwed up their positioning, and openai got it right
people don't see a difference between model and product, they think "gpt3 is ok", "gpt4 is great", "bard is like gpt3"
it's not the consumer's fault when the business has a positioning mistake, the business has to try and win the consumer back
Most people don't use LLMs. Of those that do most people just know they're using "ChatGPT". A slim minority care about the model.
In my opinion, not focusing on the model, focusing on the product, and focusing on positioning for normal users (free, fast, fine tuned in many languages, "easy"), is a better product positioning.
> In my opinion, not focusing on the model, focusing on the product, and focusing on positioning for normal users (free, fast, fine tuned in many languages, "easy"), is a better product positioning.
Does google agree? doesn't the fact that they're so deliberately creating user-focused branding for different models (ultra, pro, nano) show they also see the value in the differentiation?
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