Although Google was unable to make Gemini pass the test in which its thinking and processing like a human was to be tested. But it still managed to make some extreme progress. By winning pokemon blue the gemini is now popular worldwide on a different level.
Impressing some big names of the industry, the Ai model of Google played the pokemon blue game during a live stream. Joel Z is an engineer who is running this stream online with the name of “Gemini Plays Pokemon”. The engineer is not working with or under Google in any way.
When Gemini won everyone got so excited. That there is someone who could really end the Pokemon Blue game. Even Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google shared the clip where you can see Gemini winning.
Now winning a game is not a big deal in itself. But you do the ongoing rivalry between the Silicon Valley companies regarding AI, to Gemini winning this game has become a completely big deal. There is another video game Pokémon red in which an AI with the name of Claude was making progress.
The anthropic company is behind Claude. They shared this video and the main reason for sharing was to show the world that their AI chatbot was making progress through situations and it was thinking like a human in complex situations.
Maybe this was the main idea which Joel Z was coping with when he started playing Pokémon with Gemini. It is like a rivalry filled with competition and fun. Because the online world is a complex one and people love to watch someone else playing the game that too if it’s AI.
It is good to get excited and call the Gemini a new champion and the Pokémon franchise game. Winning the game does not make Gemini better than Claude. It just means that they were harnessing the power of an outside agent and their agents were better over for that matter.
Basically, the game is played by humans but when you share the screenshots of the game with AI. It suggests the best move under that situation. This is what Joel Z did. He won the game by playing himself but taking commands and help from the AI. That’s why he is giving all the credit to the Gemini AI.
Pokémon blue is not like an action game where you go and fight with someone pressing some buttons. It is a game where you need to strategize and plan accordingly. Your strategies and plan goes a long way in this game. Where you are going to overcome challenges. This winning game through Gemini shows a start. The AI can think through complex matters and situations which require critical thinking.
