I have to admit, I did not think my Google Search use would decrease the more I used AI chatbots. Boy, was I wrong – it’s crazy how quickly your habits adjusts.
My favourite AI-powered chatbots are ChatGPT and Gemini. I have them side by side as an app-pair (borrowing Samsung’s terminology) in my browser. Like so:
When I’m curious about something, I type out a query, copy and paste it into both chatbots, and read through both responses.
For the kind of stuff that I usually ask about, more often than not, I prefer the answers that ChatGPT produces. However, Gemini’s answers are usually shorter, which I appreciate sometimes but I guess that brevity means in most cases, ChatGPT’s answers are more comprehensive.
I’m not advocating for one over the other; both have free versions, so you can try them and see what works best for you. But if you’re researching something in-depth, you might find that using just one chatbot isn’t enough. In fact, you may need to turn to more specialised AI chatbots.
Perplexity and Claude are just as capable as ChatGPT and Gemini. Claude, in particular, is often highlighted as a better option for developers. So, if you’re diving deep into specific topics, you might find that my simple app-pair setup won’t cut it.
There’s a whole ocean of AI chatbots
As you know, you cannot keep up with the number of AI-powered bots that are out there. Whatever you are interested in, there is a bot that specialises in it.
For example, JesusReplika is “an AI language model that embodies the essence and teachings of Jesus Christ from the Bible.”
The description says “While not an all-knowing deity, the Replika of Jesus offers comfort and support to people dealing with various personal struggles, encouraging them to seek community support and professional help when necessary.”
I asked it a question to see what it’s all about. Judge for yourself:
JesusReplika is just one in an ocean of specialised AI-powered bots. I guarantee that you will find one specialising in whatever you’re into.
However, if you have many interests, you could find yourself with 10 AI chatbots you need to keep track of. At that point it becomes too much of a hustle that you will revert to using a few all-rounders instead.
That’s where Poe comes in
Poe is a platform that allows users to interact with various AI-powered chatbots. It was developed by Quora, who I’m sure you’ve come across while searching for stuff on the web.
The name ‘Poe’ stands for ‘Platform for Open Exploration’. Think of it as a hub for AI tools, enabling users to ask questions and explore topics through AI models from different sources.
“The AI on Poe is powered by models from several sources, trained by different companies. Those different models are optimised for different tasks, represent different points of view, or have access to different knowledge. Some models are fine-tuned versions of models created by others.”
There are plenty of AI chatbots accessible via Poe that I’m sure most will find all they need. Everything from the more mainstream ChatGPT to the super-specific JesusReplika and others like it are all accessible via Poe.
“Poe currently supports o1-preview, o1-mini, ChatGPT, GPT-4, GPT-4o and DALL-E 3 from OpenAI, Claude 3, and Claude 3.5 from Anthropic, Stable Diffusion 3 from Stability AI, Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash from Google, Llama 3.1 from Meta, FLUX-Pro from Black Forest Labs, Ideogram 2.0 by Ideogram, Playground-v3 by Playground, Mistral Large 2 by Mistral, Command R Plus from Cohere, and millions of unique bots created by the community.”
In short, the benefits of using Poe are:
- Access to multiple AI models in one place
- Easy/seamless switching between models
- A unified user experience that eliminates the need to learn different tools with their own unique layouts and pricing. This makes it user-friendly and straightforward
- Poe emphasizes exploration, allowing you to ask questions to multiple models and discover answers across a variety of knowledge domains. This is particularly useful if you want to explore a topic thoroughly and see how different AI models interpret or respond to complex queries. Kind of like my app-pair but scaled all the way up.
How to use Poe:
Whatever device you use, Poe is available to you. There are apps for Android, iOS, Mac and Windows (Linux folks you already knew there wouldn’t be one for you). However, you can always access Poe via a browser and so any internet capable device can use it. Just visit poe.com.
What do you use?
They say AI chatbots are not meant for factual type of questions, you know, the kind you normally ask Google. I know this to be true but I find myself reaching out for ChatGPT and then proceeding to Search if I’m not happy with the sources ChatGPT sites.
I guess the problem is having to make a determination everytime you want to look up something. Determining whether to Google it or ask an AI bot is not something my mind is fond of. So, I find that I go to what I use and then go to Google if I’m not happy with the answer or the supporting source links.
It’s a bad habit but I won’t lie to you, that’s what I do. What do you guys use? Has your Google Search use decreased since these AI bots became widely available?
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What if Jesus meant the butt cheek like William Wallace?
Hi
“Kune anenge akurova padama mutendeudzirezve rimwe;…” Ruka 6:29
“Kana munhu akakurova mbama padama rorudyi…” Mateu 5:39
This is the “Bhaibhiri Idzva Rechishona” translation of the verses
The word “padama” in the shona language refers to the cheeks on your face. Butt cheeks in the shona language are called other names definitely not padama.
The shona translations do not leave other interpretations/meanings to the verses. No one, ever, has called butt cheeks dama.
I’m definitely not defending anything or anyone, just saying.
Definitely not butt cheek but even if it was, the principle still stands.
What is without doubt is the person being slapped has more than one cheek, & when one of those cheeks is slapped, turn the other one
Where those cheeks are located on your body, well we can go back and forth on that
Precisely 😂😂😂
A cheek is slapped, the Christain turns the other one. That’s all there is to it.
I was one of the guys who sweared that i would never ever use AI but I’m finding myself leaning on it more and more. Actually i now use it more than 98% of my research. I No longer Google a lot
Glad and terrified to hear it’s not just me. When the reports were that Google rushed Gemini to mitigate the threat to Google Search posed by ChatGPT I thought that was crazy. I was wrong, we were both wrong. Google Search is in danger and some of us have already moved on from it to a great extent.
Hey Leonard I used to be anti-AI saying it’s for lazy people who don’t want to do their needed research before its introduction to WhatsApp by Meta. How wrong I was! Now instead of Googling I just ask the AI question and it provides direct answers there and there. You are right Google as a search engine is under serious threat from various AI systems out there. AI is not only the present but future of technology advancement. Either adapt it in your life/business or else become irrelevant and perish…
Interesting read, bots that know more than a million people in one room. I’ve heard there are bots that can create a movie scene from a script or a paragraph. Would you care to tell us more on this?