But while it’s best to take most of the breathless hype with a hefty grain of salt, Gemini does have some genuinely useful capabilities. They just tend to be much more basic and narrowly focused than the overly ambitious ideas Google’s goin’ gaga for (and, as far as I can tell, most normal people have no idea what to do with in the real world).
Fittingly enough, this week, I accidentally stumbled onto a perfect example. It’s a simple-as-can-be Gemini feature that handles one basic task and handles it extraordinarily well.
It won’t upend the world, revolutionize your life, or give you a glimpse of our allegedly inevitable AI-laden future. Honestly, it’s debatable as to whether it actually even qualifies as AI at all.
