Author's Preference for Google Gemini AI Models Over Competitors
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Summary
The article discusses the author's preference for Google's Gemini AI models over competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI, praising Gemini's speed, affordability, and versatility in visual tasks. The author uses these models programmatically in larger systems rather than just conversational interactions, though acknowledges Gemini is also good for conversation. The post reflects on the AI model landscape and personal preferences in the context of recent model releases.
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Keep in mind that I'm using these models programmatically in bigger systems, rather than yapping with them — although I think Gemini is a fine yapper, too.
As Anthropic and OpenAI lean HARD into the coding agent thing — tuning their models heavily for
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