Google’s AI tool, Gemini, has received a powerful update that lets you directly edit and refine its responses.
After the rebranding of Bard as Gemini AI, Google has managed to quickly take its place in the AI race, and with each update, Google shows us in a little more depth what the AI chatbots that OpenAI pioneered the creation of can do.
The use of AI at work is no longer unusual and this technology pushes the boundaries of creativity too! Gemini’s latest update streamlines your workflow. You can now easily fine-tune generated text without sacrificing the parts you already love.
Edit, refine, re-prompt
Now, you can highlight any portion of Gemini’s answer and a pencil icon will appear with the option to “Change selected text.” This opens a text box for direct editing, along with buttons offering guidance for revisions: “Recreate,” “Shorter,” “Longer,” and “Remove“.
The core principle is simple:
- Highlight: Select any portion of a Gemini-written text
- Edit: A pencil icon will appear. Click this to open the “Change selected text” window
- Refine: Now, you have several options:
- Recreate: Request an entirely new version of the highlighted portion
- Shorter/Longer: Modify the length of the highlighted section
- Remove: Delete the chosen text
- Open text field: Directly input your desired revised version of the highlighted text
Right now, this feature is accessible in English when using Gemini’s web application.
This feature, which will definitely take Google’s AI model one step further in the Gemini vs ChatGPT comparison, shows an innovative approach to artificial intelligence tools.
How to get better responses from Gemini
Now it is time for the hands-on experiment. Gemini’s editing feature allows you to get much more consistent and detailed results than ever from a text-generation tool.
Let’s say you have an AI publishing project and you are writing an AI-powered sci-fi book.
Let’s start with our first prompt:
Okay, now we have a good first chapter. But it seems to lack a bit of emotion, let’s ask Gemini to make a dialog a bit longer.
All we need to do is highlight the text we want it to change and use the “Longer” option.
Not bad, now we have a more descriptive text. We can clearly see Anya’s emotions.
In the rest of the story, Anya built a translation matrix, but how did she do it? Let’s ask Gemini with a prompt.
The output this time really sucks! It looks like a random piece of writing completely independent of the story.
Fortunately, the new rewrite feature of Gemini can fix that too:
And voila! We have a beautiful first chapter. Add the human touch, yes no AI tool is still as emotional as we are, and we will have written a great sci-fi story. Or at least a good introduction to it.
Want to take a look at the full chapter? See what Gemini is capable of in terms of storytelling below.
Chapter 1: The Signal
Sweat beaded Dr. Anya Petrova’s forehead, not from the heat of the ancient computer array, but from the chilling significance of what its displays revealed. The rhythmic beeping of the observatory on the lunar outpost echoed the pounding of her own heart. For years, she’d monitored the endless chatter of the cosmos, seeking proof that humanity was not alone. Now, amidst the sea of static and celestial hisses, a pattern bloomed – intricate, undeniable, and utterly alien.
Anya isolated the signal, her mind firing faster than the computers cycling around her. This was no natural phenomenon. Its complexity spoke of design, of intelligence. Her excitement battled with a primal shiver of fear. Had mankind finally made first contact, or stumbled into an intergalactic web it could barely comprehend?
Her colleagues, drawn by the change in her demeanor, crowded around. “What is it, Anya?” her mentor, Dr. Strauss, asked, his usual jovial tone replaced by concern.
She spun in her chair, the urgency in her voice mirroring the pulse of the alien signal. “It’s… it’s not just noise, Doctor,” she stammered, her finger tracing the intricate pattern on the screen. “It’s structured, a language unlike anything we’ve ever encountered. It originates from outside the Milky Way, from a galaxy billions of light-years away.”
A collective gasp rippled through the room. Decades of speculation and fervent hope solidified into a stark reality – they weren’t alone in the universe. The implications were staggering, rewriting the narrative of humanity’s history in the cosmos. Yet, Anya sensed something more in those digital pulses, a subtle tremor of desperation woven into the alien code.
The room exploded in gasps and frenzied questions. The world they knew tilted on its axis. Decades of speculation gave way to the harsh, exhilarating reality of extraterrestrial contact. Yet, Anya sensed something more in those digital pulses– a hint of urgency, even desperation.
Word spread like wildfire, igniting a storm of media frenzy and political fear-mongering on Earth. Some hailed it as the dawn of galactic cooperation, others a prelude to invasion. Anya shut out the noise. Whatever the message contained, she would be the one to unravel it.
Days turned into weeks, then months, filled with the meticulous task of deciphering the alien language. Anya, alongside her team of linguists, mathematicians, and computer scientists, embarked on a thrilling quest – to build a bridge across the vast gulf of communication. This complex structure, their translation matrix, was their key to unlocking the alien tongue.
Their approach was multifaceted. First, they became detectives, identifying recurring patterns within the signal. Like piecing together a shattered mosaic, they searched for sequences that repeated, changed predictably, or appeared in specific contexts. These patterns could represent words, grammatical markers, or even punctuation in the alien language.
Next, they turned into context snoopers. They combed through the signal, searching for patterns that seemed to correlate with specific events or concepts observed back on Earth. For example, if the signal spiked in intensity whenever astronomical phenomena were observed, a particular sequence might translate to “star” or “explosion.”
With each discovery, they felt like archaeologists, unearthing the fossilized remains of an ancient language. They compared the alien signal to known databases of human languages, searching for underlying similarities. They analyzed the structure of the message, the order in which patterns appeared, and the way they combined to form larger structures. By drawing parallels with human grammar, they could begin to infer the grammatical rules of the alien language.
Finally, they became codebreakers, using trial and error to confirm their hypotheses. They attempted to decode simple messages based on their assumptions about the language’s structure. If their translations yielded logical results, they were on the right track. This iterative process allowed them to refine their translation matrix and crack the alien code piece by piece.
The message revealed hints of a cosmic conflict, a struggle waged on a scale that dwarfed any human war. These unknown beings weren’t inviting tea; they were broadcasting a cry for help, and the intended recipient wasn’t Earth. It was somewhere else, a hidden destination concealed in the encrypted layers of the signal.
The revelation brought a chilling decision. Humanity could ignore the call, preserving its blissful ignorance. Or, someone could embark on the most monumental, and potentially suicidal, mission in history. Anya knew the choice was hers. The destiny of an entire galaxy might hinge on her will and a ship heading for the unknown.
In other words, does Gemini allow you to edit and refine generated texts freely? Now it does!
Can Gemini create images? Well, it does.
Can Gemini write stories? Yes, it can and it is pretty good at it!
Is there anything it can’t do? It fails miserably in generating human images.
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