I just did a video call with AI. Soon, you’ll be doing it too.
I’ve been a big fan of Gemini for a while, paying $20/month for the latest version. So when I heard that you could do a Google Meet with an AI and ask it questions, I had to try it!
The product is called Google AI Studio Realtime Streaming. I asked it 3 questions I actually need answered.
Let’s see how it does!
1) Dr. Google. I recently had a stye in my left eye.
I took a course of antibiotics and it seems a lot better. But since I had my new AI buddy on the line, I thought I’d ask him to confirm it.
I showed Google my left eye and explained the situation. Then, I asked if it saw a stye there now.
“I don’t see a stye there currently,” it said. Perfect!
In a few years, AI tools like this may do telehealth visits with patients. The AI can ask questions and work up a recommendation.
A human doctor could see the recommendation and even watch the video if needed. Then, he could approve or deny what the AI suggests.
This would lower the cost of medical care, big time.
2) Save My Orchid! Right next to me as I type this is a beautiful white orchid. It’s doing well — a little too well.
It’s nearly doubled in size since I bought it and is producing flowers one after another. But that does present a problem…does this guy need to be repotted?
I turned on my camera and mic and showed Google the orchid.
“I cannot make decisions based on what I see,” it said. Google AI Studio seems to be better at describing what it sees than making deductions based on what it sees.
In time, I’m sure it will answer questions like this well. But for now, no dice.
3) Choose My Next Book. Finally, I asked Google to help me find my next book.
I’ve been loving this one called Hetty about the so-called Witch of Wall Street. “What other books might I enjoy if I liked this?” I asked Google, holding the book up to the camera.
“I cannot access the internet,” Google responded. So, it couldn’t answer my question.
Once these Realtime Streams are linked to the internet, this tool will really become powerful. Remember, ChatGPT couldn’t search the internet at first either. Now it can.
Wrap-Up
I was able to ask all these questions in just a couple of minutes. All I had to do was click a button and I was live with Google AI.
So far, it’s pretty janky. In 2 out of 3 cases, Google couldn’t help me.
But do you think this tool is going to get worse in the future, or get better?
These tools only improve over time. Already, it gave me some useful health information. How long until it’s handling an entire telehealth visit?
It’s incredible how far generative AI has come. We’ve gone from an error-prone chatbot to a useful, multimodal experience in just 2 years.
Where will we be 2 years from now?
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