Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard

Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by happytiger on Thursday February 08, 2024 @02:47PM (#39306679)

Gemeni, or the twins, is a deeply symbolic name for anyone who knows Greek history. It’s the story of Castor and Pollux, and in many versions of the story one brother killed the other only to beg for them to come back. It’s ominous to use this brand name for AI.

It’s also associated to the Gemini killer and Joseph Testa and Anthony Senter who were famous as the mafia’s Gemini twins hitmen.

I think better brands could have been had.

It does sound like some battlefield AI system from Robotron. “Sir, Gemini is charged and ready for battle.”

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by anonymouskimmer on Thursday February 08, 2024 @03:07PM (#39306951)

For me it's associated with Gemini crypto and their horrible Gemini Earn investments in Genesis: https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=gemini-genesis-and-dcg-...

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by resters on Thursday February 08, 2024 @09:12PM (#39310613)

The crypto Gemini was named after the Winklevoss twins.

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by anonymouskimmer on Sunday February 11, 2024 @02:23PM (#39337746)

If that was the case it would have been named Winklevii. :P

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by closewith on Thursday February 08, 2024 @02:50PM (#39306716)

Gemini was a stepping stone to a moonshot, which is almost certainly why the name was chosen.

Edit: another poster shared the etymology, the merger between Google Brain and DeepMind. I shall eat my words.

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by happytiger on Thursday February 08, 2024 @03:10PM (#39306992)

Perhaps. Corporate entomologies tend to be very well rehearsed stories, and I’ve been around the valley long enough to know those stories aren’t always the whole story.

I would encourage you to read the Kissinger / Schmidt book before settling your opinion.

That origin story may be true. But it doesn’t make the whole story necessarily.

https://time.com/6113393/eric-schmidt-henry-kissinger-ai-boo...

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by OrsonSmelles on Thursday February 08, 2024 @03:29PM (#39307256)

>corporate entomologies

Now there's a ready-made Far Side concept.

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by mangamadaiyan on Thursday February 08, 2024 @06:20PM (#39309186)

"Corporate entomology" is a lovely term, evoking surreal (and yet strangely familiar) images of cockroaches in suits.

Brilliant!

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by happytiger on Friday February 09, 2024 @05:29PM (#39321277)

If you’re going to make a typo, it might as well be about roaches in suits running the valley. Good lord.

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by mangamadaiyan on Friday February 09, 2024 @06:52PM (#39321952)

I didn't realize it was a typo. I thought it was a deliberate misspelling!

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by CydeWeys on Thursday February 08, 2024 @05:48PM (#39308869)

> It’s also associated to the Gemini killer and Joseph Testa and Anthony Senter who were famous as the mafia’s Gemini twins hitmen.

I've never heard of any of these people and I doubt most others have either. Maybe you have to be a true crime enthusiast to know the lore? Whereas if the name were Zodiac, then I would at least be aware there's a potential murderer connection.

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Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard by SoftTalker on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:10PM (#39311285)

Also the Gemini Lounge, where Roy DeMeo and his crew killed and dismembered people targeted for hits by the Gambino family.

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