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Bard: A Magic Of AI

By Rabail Inshra Cheema | 21st June 2023

What is Generative and Conversational AI?

When artificial intelligence takes on the remarkable role of an artistic collaborator, the mesmerizing world of Generative AI comes to life. Generative AI is an advanced form of artificial intelligence that can generate a wide range of content, such as text, images, audio, and synthetic data. 

Conversational AI mimics human conversation by harnessing the progress made in natural language processing (NLP), an AI discipline that enables computers to comprehend and handle human language.

What is Google Bard?

Bard is a conversational AI model that utilizes machine learning and natural language processing to generate text responses resembling human writing. Bard’s versatility lies in its ability to combine generative AI techniques with conversational AI functionality, allowing it to generate text conversationally. This model is trained on an extensive text-based dataset and utilizes transformer-based deep neural network architecture to understand the context of input text and generate meaningful responses. Bard operates similarly to ChatGPT, but with a key distinction: it draws its information directly from the web.

History of Bard

Google joined the league of advanced conversational artificial intelligence systems by introducing its own AI chatbot named Bard. To create Google Bard, Google used a refined version of its LaMDA family of large language models. However, the chatbot’s premature launch had negative consequences for Google’s stock value, as it made a misleading claim about the James Webb Space Telescope being the pioneer in discovering a planet in a foreign solar system. To address the challenges faced, Google has taken action and launched an enhanced edition of Bard by leveraging their most advanced large language model, PaLM 2. Through this, Bard can now provide users with better responses to their inquiries.

How Bard Works?

Bard utilizes transformers, a modern neural network architecture introduced in the 2017 paper “Attention Is All You Need,” to analyze text patterns and generate original text output. Transformers excel in NLP tasks.

Transformers in Bard hierarchically process input text, extracting complex information. Initial layers analyze syntax and structure, generating a probability distribution over possible follow-up words or phrases. Bard selects the most likely response based on this distribution, learned through unsupervised training on diverse text sources. This enables Bard to generate contextually appropriate responses. It is further fine-tuned through supervised learning on specific tasks, like conversational engagement with users, using large datasets of conversation transcripts

Bard’s Versatile Applications

Google Bard offers a multitude of applications that span across various domains, making it a truly multifaceted tool.

Empowering Content Creation

Bard aids writers, bloggers, and influencers by generating high-quality text and creative suggestions. Its capabilities enable content creators to streamline their workflow and enhance their output.

Bard in education

Utilizing Bard in education, teachers can leverage its capabilities to teach creative writing, literature, and language. It generates prompts, exemplifies writing styles, offers feedback, and acts as a virtual tutor in STEM subjects, adapting to individual student needs.

Efficient Customer Support

Bard is great at having longer conversations and staying focused on the same topics and personalities. It’s perfect for chatbots and virtual assistants because it can keep users interested and have smooth and connected conversations.

Bard’s Interpretation Expertise

Bard’s ability to translate and interpret languages is invaluable for facilitating communication between people who speak different languages. Through it, language barriers are bridged and cross-cultural interactions are facilitated in diverse settings such as business, education, and travel.
In conclusion, Google Bard has emerged as a game-changer in the field of conversational AI. Its advanced features have revolutionized chatbots, virtual assistants, content creation, customer support, and more. With ongoing advancements and applications, we look forward to witnessing Bard’s continued impact