A personal account of discovering the Gemini sidebar in Google Docs after initially ignoring it. The author found it useful for summarizing documents, catching writing inconsistencies (like mixing formal and casual tone), and generating images without leaving the app. The post emphasizes using Gemini as a proofreading aid rather than a writing replacement, while noting that AI errors are still possible and require human oversight.
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I stopped reading entire documents just to find one detailI skipped the stock photo search because Gemini created one for meGemini acted like an editor and caught mistakes I would have missedAI mistakes are easier to miss when I’m too tired to double-checkI use Gemini as a second set of eyes, not a replacementSort: