I used Gemini on my mobile as a tourist guide and I changed the way to travel

The arrival of Chatgpt in Europe was the start of a new era in the way we use internet research. Many analysts have underlined this Google could have a real competitorFor the first time in decades, this theory has undergone the launch of the operational search engine with artificial intelligence.

But Alphabet, its matrix, was not a new business in this technology. In fact, the creations of transformers, Key parts in the development of generative artificial intelligence. After a few first groups with proposals such as Bard, they managed to position themselves and create a brand like Geminiwho replaces his assistant.

This artificial intelligence was the one I used during a recent trip to Istanbul in which I used it as a tourist guide. I compared it to two experiences with human guidesOne in the Turkish city itself and another in San Francisco. The reality is that the use of Gemini is not always better than a human guide, but sometimes yes.

One of the key functions of this AI is that we can take a photo and load it in the interface, just after, ask questions about it. In this way, we can know what we see and we will respond in a concise way. It's important, because We don't want to read a full page of Wikipedia with each monument that visitmos.

The use of Gemini is simple in new mobiles, because It is activated by default when the ignition button is pressedAs with the new Samsung Galaxy S25 series. There we can Make questions using natural languageWhich helps communication neither slowed nor tedious.

Also We can download a photo that we have taken but what we have a doubtallowing us to know more about a monument even if we are no longer next to him. Of course, we must be aware that Generative artificial intelligence can still give us answers that are not completely correctSo in case of doubt, it is preferable to consult other sources.

According to my experience in this trip, and in the previous weeks, the use of Gemini in the same way, I found it better than some human guides. It is true that there are still a lot of things where the human guide is still much more entertaining than Gemini, although also much more expensive, of course. Of course, I saw how some guides gave data that were not quite correct. It is not only the one who can hallucinate.

But during a trip for fun, in which not every day you have the services of a guide, as is generally normal, These types of tools help us travel differentlyManaging more things we visit and do it in a simple way. This is the key, because if layers of a certain complexity are added at the end, the user will not use these functions.