Google tops every benchmark yet few use Gemini—AI circle debates actual usage
tallinzen · x · 2026-10-29
Austen tweets that every new Google model crushes benchmarks yet almost nobody he knows uses Gemini regularly; tallinzen counters that his coworkers use it all the time—highlighting the persistent gap between leaderboard performance and real-world mindshare, with opposite anecdotes about Gemini's actual adoption.
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