Gemini: Google's most capable AI model yet

Re:Gemini: Google's most capable AI model yet by crazygringo on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:01PM (#38546480)

I don't understand -- these are all literally tied directly to performance.

They're tiers of computing power and memory. More performance costs more money to produce. The "nano" can fit on a phone, while the others can't.

Are you really objecting to the existence of different price/performance tiers...? Do you object to McDonald's selling 3 sizes of soft drink? There's nothing "decoy" about any of this.

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Re:Gemini: Google's most capable AI model yet by rafram on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:42PM (#38547107)

> Do you object to McDonald's selling 3 sizes of soft drink?

Yes, actually, for different reasons - McDonald’s charges only a tiny bit more for the largest size of drink than they do for the smallest (which is easy because soft drinks are a few cents’ worth of syrup and water, and the rest is profit). That pushes people toward huge drinks, which means more sugar, more caffeine, and more addiction.

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Re:Gemini: Google's most capable AI model yet by crazygringo on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:54PM (#38547258)

But you're not objecting to selling 3 sizes. You're just objecting that the prices aren't far enough apart...

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