Topic: The Golden Age of Bing might be over?

This morning, while working with Bing on a story, I got some advertising in the frame.  Is the Golden Age of a free Bing over?  Must we now start to ads appear based on words we type.  I mentioned windows, and got an ad for window installations.

2 (edited by William 2024-01-12 13:41:45)

Re: The Golden Age of Bing might be over?

Advertising within internet facilities is a very interesting topic.

For example, I am learning Welsh, on https://www.duolingo.com/ free.

There are advertisements, between lessons, yet the learning content does not contain advertisements within it.

There are paid options with no advertisements.

I can watch music videos and watch other videos too on YouTube at no cost to me. Advertisements on YouTube can suddenly appear within a video.

There is a paid version with no advertisements.

There is choice. In my opinion that is better than the facility only being available to people who pay.

William

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I suppose that's the best system, advertiser supported services.  Personally, I can't stand the ads, so for YouTube, I pay to avoid them.  Worth it to me.  YouTube interruptions are arbitrary and altogether egregious. 

For now, the ad content in Bing's A.I. is not too bad and I can stand it. I notice in the Bing Chat there is a way to earn Microsoft Reward points. You get 50 points for using Bing to search on a particular day.  I'm not sure how that works.  Likely this will be the way to pay for an ad free Bing Chat.  Right now I'm not sure there is a way to avoid the ads.  I haven't seen anymore lately. Que sera, sera.

Bing Chat is altogether amazing.  It's a definite challenge to Google's dominance in "search".  Google has yet to respond with their own AI driven search.  Or have they, and I didn't notice?

4 (edited by William 2024-01-12 19:40:17)

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I wrote some stories in the late 1990s that explored using advertising to fund free to the end user distance education.

They are over a quarter of a century old now. They have been on the website all those years.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/euto0000.htm

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/euto2001.htm

Please do not use the email address stated there.

William

Re: The Golden Age of Bing might be over?

Looks like you were ahead of your time.   Free to the end user distance education has arrived, although I'm not sure about what you meant by the term "distance education".  Still your idea was prescient.  I'll read some of it as time permits.

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pberk wrote:

Google has yet to respond with their own AI driven search.  Or have they, and I didn't notice?

I think you missed it, Paul. Google launched BARD in 2023 as an invite-only and, to stay relevant I think, opened it to the public shortly after that. 

I just asked it to explain the internet to a 12-year-old and this was BARD's response...

Imagine the internet as a giant spiderweb, but instead of catching flies, it connects computers all over the world! Your computer is like a little spider on this web, and you can use it to chat with friends, watch videos, or play games with other spiders far away.

Let's break it down into smaller steps:

    Talking in code: Everything you do on the internet, like sending a message or watching a video, gets turned into tiny pieces of information called "bits." It's like speaking a secret computer language!
    Packing your bags: These bits get bundled up into little packets with addresses just like on a real package. The address tells the internet where to send them, like your friend's username or a website URL.
    Highway to the web: These packets then hop on the information superhighway! This includes things like cables under the ocean, wires in your walls, and even satellites in space.
    Router relay race: Along the way, they meet helpful devices called routers who read the addresses and send them in the right direction. Think of them as traffic cops directing the packets to their destinations.
    Unpacking and understanding: Finally, the packets reach their destination computer, which unpacks them and turns them back into the things you can see and hear, like your friend's message or the funny cat video.

Here are some extra fun facts:

    The internet is made up of millions of computers working together, like a giant team helping you connect and explore.
    The packets travel at lightning speed, but sometimes they get stuck in traffic, which is why your internet might slow down.
    There are all sorts of cool things on the internet, but remember to be safe and responsible just like you would in the real world!

I hope this explanation makes the internet less like a big mystery and more like a fun adventure your computer goes on every time you click something!

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tomH wrote:
pberk wrote:

Google has yet to respond with their own AI driven search.  Or have they, and I didn't notice?

I think you missed it, Paul. Google launched BARD in 2023 as an invite-only and, to stay relevant I think, opened it to the public shortly after that.

I didn't realize it.  I had heard of Bard but never thought to try to find it.  Now, thanks to you Tom, I have found Bard. I'll give it a try and see how it does vs ChatGPT.  What are you thoughts on Bard?

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I don't think I understand Bard very well—if at all. To illustrate, I gave this prompt to Bard and Bing AI: "create 3d cartoon of a bingo player".  Bard responded with

"Absolutely! Here are three options for a 3D cartoon of a bingo player:

1. The Lucky Grandma:

2. The Bingo Beagle:

3. The Teen Techie:

These are just a few ideas to get you started. You can customize the characters, their outfits, and their lucky charms to create your own unique bingo player.

I hope this helps!"   Bard failed to create an image.

Bing responded with images of a senior holding a bingo card. So, if I need AI to create an image, I use Bing.


https://i.postimg.cc/47wLZHfp/a2b5e52b-eeee-442d-aa0b-c251b578e891.jpg

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tomH wrote:

I gave this prompt to Bard and Bing AI: "create 3d cartoon of a bingo player"

I gave the same prompt to Gencraft and got this:

https://i.postimg.cc/grVr6YwC/27-EEF2-CA-AFC6-46-B4-9-DA0-D5706165243-B.png

"Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?"
― Tennessee Williams

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Bingo players sure have big eyes.

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Alfred wrote:
tomH wrote:

I gave this prompt to Bard and Bing AI: "create 3d cartoon of a bingo player"

I gave the same prompt to Gencraft and got this:

https://i.postimg.cc/grVr6YwC/27-EEF2-CA-AFC6-46-B4-9-DA0-D5706165243-B.png

Alfred, you are a brick! .. I never heard of Gencraft. After reading your post, I signed up for Gencraft, and immediately got a result on an image that I had been trying to achieve with Bing --and couldn't.  Gencraft seemed to understand what I wanted and followed my instructions better. THANKS ALFRED.

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pberk wrote:
Alfred wrote:
tomH wrote:

I gave this prompt to Bard and Bing AI: "create 3d cartoon of a bingo player"

I gave the same prompt to Gencraft and got this:

https://i.postimg.cc/grVr6YwC/27-EEF2-CA-AFC6-46-B4-9-DA0-D5706165243-B.png

Alfred, you are a brick! .. I never heard of Gencraft. After reading your post, I signed up for Gencraft, and immediately got a result on an image that I had been trying to achieve with Bing --and couldn't.  Gencraft seemed to understand what I wanted and followed my instructions better. THANKS ALFRED.

Dontcha just love serendipity!

"Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?"
― Tennessee Williams

Re: The Golden Age of Bing might be over?

Alfred wrote:
pberk wrote:
Alfred wrote:

I gave the same prompt to Gencraft and got this:

https://i.postimg.cc/grVr6YwC/27-EEF2-CA-AFC6-46-B4-9-DA0-D5706165243-B.png

Alfred, you are a brick! .. I never heard of Gencraft. After reading your post, I signed up for Gencraft, and immediately got a result on an image that I had been trying to achieve with Bing --and couldn't.  Gencraft seemed to understand what I wanted and followed my instructions better. THANKS ALFRED.

Dontcha just love serendipity!

My Dad always said it, "I'd rather be lucky than smart."