I literally just got my hands on Bard, like
right now, and stopped what I was doing so I could try it out right away, and of course,
I’m taking you along with me. Come on, we’re jumping inside Google Bard! <branded logo intro> Hey friends! I’m Tasia Custode and welcome back to my
YouTube Channel where I share tech tips, app reviews, and so much Google content you’d
think I have a stake in the company. Spoiler alert, I do not. Today we’re going to learn how to use Bard. So, let’s go! And by the way, if you’re wondering hmm,
what is Google Bard, please go watch my other video explaining just that, then come back
here to actually jump inside Bard. But in short, Bard is Google’s conversational
AI service powered by LaMDA. But enough with the chit-chat, let’s jump
in and learn how to use Bard, complete with a few examples! When you first use Bard, you will agree to
Google’s Terms & Privacy statement that covers things like how your data is used,
how long data is stored for, as well as some important things to know about how this technology
works.

Once you agree to those terms, a popup will
appear telling you Bard may sometimes give inaccurate responses, and that it’s aiming
to get better with your feedback. This is important to keep in mind, along with
the fact that Bard is pulling in and analyzing all kinds of data from across the internet. It’s a true large language model, but just
think about how powerful it can be since it’s created by, well, Google. But with that said, let’s learn how to use
Bard. Obviously, you can ask Bard basic questions,
but let’s start with a more complex example and we just have to type in our prompt at
the bottom of the screen.

Let's ask Bard to write some song lyrics for
us. Can you write a love song in the style of
Taylor Swift? OK, so this took about 5 seconds to generate
a song. But let’s see how well Bard actually did. Like this chorus doesn’t really rhyme and
verse 2 is a little wordy, to say the least. And this bridge? “I can't imagine my life without you
You're my best friend, my lover, and my soulmate And I love you more than anything in the world” This is definitely not a Taylor bridge, it’s
more like Bard is pulling sappy love letters from the internet. So, we won’t be winning any Grammy’s with
this song, but you get the idea of how it’s composing the song and of how it’s generating
responses in general. Plus, if you don’t like this version of
the song, or what Bard has given you, you can click on ‘view other drafts’ in the
top right and you’ll be able to pull up alternate responses.

Just click on an alternate response to view
it. So you can use this method to write plays
and stories, write essays and blog posts, create job descriptions or applications, compose
marketing emails, and the list goes on and on. So let’s go through some other things Bard
can do. Something that would be helpful is to have
Bard write an email newsletter promoting my latest YouTube video on Bard. So, here’s my prompt, explaining the video
is about how to use Bard. We’ll hit enter and see how it does. Alright, here we go. It’s given me an email subject line, and
the email starts out good enough, though it does start to repeat itself in the third paragraph
here. So, remember, we can view other drafts. So I’ll pick this second draft to review
it.

It’s got a different subject line and it
hasn’t repeated itself. I actually like this one better. So, Bard has done most of the work for me
here. So, of course, I can copy this over and paste
it and tweak it how I see fit. So say you want to take bits and pieces of
each draft, you can do that too and there are actually a couple of ways to copy out
of Bard. First, you can just select the text you want
to copy and carry on with your regular copy and paste. Or, you can click on the three-dot menu icon
in the bottom right of the chat and copy the entire response. And stay tuned for why it’s going to be
important for you to copy out your responses while you have them. So now, naturally, let’s get Bard to write
additional social posts promoting this video – yes, this exact video you’re watching
right now. We’re inside the AI universe? Anyway, let’s ask it to use this same style,
but in a tweet.

Using this style, promote this video in a
tweet. And would you look at that – my tweet is written
– "Just released a new video on how to use Bard! In this video, I show you how to generate
text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your
questions in an informative way. Check it out! – This is actually a really good promo tweet
so I’m going to copy that and use it to promote this video, just changing a bit of
the text and the hashtags to better suit my needs. And I’m guessing I can do the same thing
if I want to promote it on Facebook. So, now write a Facebook post promoting this
video. OK and this is interesting here. It’s written a little Facebook promo, but
underneath that, it’s added some tips on how to write a Facebook post that will promote
my latest youtube video.

So, you can tell Bard is pulling from google
as if someone had searched for how to write a Facebook post promoting my latest youtube
video. So these are cool writing examples, but what
else could you do with Bard? Well, Bard kind of told us in the last example
of other things it can do like translate languages. So let’s give this a try. How do you say “I love you, ain’t that
the worst thing you ever heard?” (that’s for you, my fellow Swifties) in
Italian? And just like that, a translation is generated
– Which is unsurprising, given that Google translate has been a go-to staple in my life
since its inception.

But how do we know how accurate this translation
is? Well, to be fair, I got different responses
every time I asked Bard. So, I asked a cousin of mine from Italy to
tell me how good of a job Bard did with this translation. And, her translation was a little bit different
than what Bard provided me. However, she did say she’d understand Bard’s
initial translation. So, I would say it’s very similar to how
Google translate works – it’s not going to get it accurate every time, but your overall
message will get across.

And not to have you do all of your homework
using Bard, but you could also have it solve math problems for you. And ya, it’ll show its work. A real estate agent received a 6% commission
on the selling price of a house. If his commission was $8,880, what was the
selling price of the house? Boom Bard shows exactly how to solve the problem,
with the correct answer. Trust me, I double-checked – which in fairness,
isn’t saying much, because math is not my strong suit. But now I don’t have to be good at math. But in all seriousness, if I had Bard around
when I was in school, well, maybe I shouldn’t even think of such things. Stay in school and do your homework kids! But, with that said, there are a few things
in the Bard interface that are good to know. The left side features your main menu. You can click on the hamburger menu icon in
the top left to collapse or expand the menu. Right underneath that is the option to reset
the chat.

I like having a chat history here, but it’s
up to you if you want a fresh page for a new query. And remember, there’s something very important
to note about your chat history. When you close out of your Bard tab, and head
back to Bard again at another time, you’ll notice your chat has been reset. But don’t freak out if you want your history. You’ll actually head to Bard activity on
the left.

If you click on that, a new activity tab opens
up where you can choose whether bard stores your activity, so here is where you’d turn
that off if you don’t want your queries stored. But, under that, you’ll have all your activity
and queries, organized per date. But just so you know – at least as of right
now – only your queries are saved – not the responses generated. So, if you’re using Bard and you like a
response, you better copy that out before you close that tab.

Got it? So at least every query is saved for you,
but it’s just found in this tab instead. Again, the responses to the queries are not
saved. You can delete individual queries from here
too or delete a custom date range of activity. Back in our Bard dashboard, in the top right,
you’ll notice your Google account profile, and beside that is the all-familiar google
apps access, so you can pop right over to your Gmail, Gcal, Drive or what have you from
here. Now, in the chat section, there are a couple
of other features to be aware of. Remember, Google wants feedback on the answers
it’s providing, so you can like or dislike a response. And remember how we can view other drafts
of responses? Well, you also have the option to generate
a new response entirely. And by the way, generating a new response
and viewing other drafts only seems available on the most recent response. So if we scroll up through the older responses,
those options are gone. Last, there is a Google it button on, for
some reason, only some of my responses.

So, this is handy if you want to double-check
the response Bard has given you – you can literally click to Google it. Here, related search queries appear. If you click on a search topic, a new google
search results tab opens up where that search query is automatically applied for you. And we can see that yes indeed, the answer
is correct. Back in Bard, it’s also worth noting that
in your chat, you can click on the edit button to edit your query.

So by this point, you may be wondering how
to get access to Bard. Well, as of March 21st, Google has rolled
out their waitlist in the US and UK. Right now, it’s still in its experimental
phase and they want a closed group of people to test it first, before publicly releasing
it. To get on the waitlist, head to bard.google.com
and click on ‘join waitlist’ From there, you’ll sign into your Google account if
you’re not signed in already. And by the way, I was on the waitlist for
just a few hours – for real – and then I got access.

And once you’re greenlit, to access Bard,
you’ll head to that same spot: bard.google.com. And yes, I’ve included the link in the description
below for you. Plus, I’m definitely going to make a video
comparing ChatGPT capabilities to Bard, so if you’re interested in that, drop a comment
below. Until then, I’m off to chat more with my
new AI counterpart. So that’s how to use Bard. What do you think of Bard? Let everyone know in the comments below. As always, thank you so much for watching. If you liked this video, then I want to know! Give it a like, a share, or leave that comment
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