I think Google being primarily a search engine and its name literally becoming synonymous with “search” might be one of the biggest things that could set them back in this AI race. Almost everyone I know says, “Have you tried to Google it?” And if the person says no, the follow-up is usually, “Ask ChatGPT.” So in a way, even though Google is a tech giant, it has boxed itself into being seen mainly as a search engine because that’s how it started. Meanwhile, Gemini doesn’t have that first-mover advantage in conversational AI. The only people I really see talking about Gemini and Claude are tech bros and developers. In a similar light, it would also look somewhat foolish (but not entirely though, i.e myspace and facebook) if people already associate your service so strongly with something ( like how search is associated with “Google”) and then someone new comes along and says they want to create another search engine. Right now, even though Google rolls out features here and there that are mind-blowing and impressive, the majority of people seem to be connecting more with ChatGPT. To add to this, when I interact with Gemini, the replies I get sometimes feel “dumb.” You often have to repeat things a couple of times. Even with image generation, when I ask for a text prompt, it generates an image, and when I ask for an image, it gives me a JSON reply with the text prompt in between. The experience feels inconsistent. So yeah, that’s my rant. I think Google might be afraid of the inevitable that they could lose dominance so they’re doing their best to prevent that from happening. It’s like an established singer watching a new act come in and gain more attention. But the newer act already has the hearts of most people and has become a household name for this new niche. And considering the millions they spend on AI, their best path to making money is through subscriptions or ad sponsorships. But if their AI isn’t mainstream enough, sponsors could easily take their money elsewhere. Change is constant. Everyone is being replaced by AI in some way, and in the next 20 years, maybe we might not even have Google, YouTube, or social media as we know it. Life is so unpredictable. submitted by /u/Upset-Ninja7086
Originally posted by u/Upset-Ninja7086 on r/ArtificialInteligence