I recently had an in-depth experience with several popular AI platforms on the market – Doubao, Tongyi Qianwen, Wenxin Yiyan and Kimi. This experience was like an exploratory journey full of surprises and confusions, which gave me a more comprehensive understanding of AI and also helped me discover their strengths and weaknesses through actual use.
Doubao: Cost-effective, but poor in-depth understanding
When I first started using Doubao, I was attracted by its affordable API call price. 0.0008 yuan/thousand tokens, this price is really cost-effective. For people like me who sometimes need to use AI functions frequently, it is like finding an assistant with super cost-effectiveness.
For example, I often use it to quickly generate some simple copywriting, such as event notifications or short messages. Every time I enter a keyword, it can always return the result to me quickly, and the expression is very smooth. In terms of voice conversation, it can also recognize my voice commands more accurately, and the answer voice is also more natural and smooth.
However, I once encountered a more complicated question about history and culture. I have done a lot of research on this issue and have some preliminary ideas, but I still want to hear AI’s professional opinions.
When I input this question into Doubao, its answer covers some correct information, but overall, it is like simply piecing together some basic knowledge, without any in-depth analysis of the internal connection between various historical events, and lacks a deep interpretation of the cultural connotations behind them.
This makes me clearly feel that its ability to deal with complex and high-depth problems needs to be improved.
Tongyi Qianwen: Excellent Q&A, but lack of creativity
Tongyi Qianwen is a tool I discovered by chance when dealing with some daily knowledge questions and answers. Once I was preparing a small lecture on scientific common sense, and there were some questions about the habits of animals and plants that I was not sure about. I used Tongyi Qianwen with a try-it-out mentality.
When I entered the question, it gave the answer almost instantly, and the answer was very concise and clear, directly pointing out the key knowledge points. In terms of logical reasoning, such as some simple mathematical logic puzzles or logical relationship judgment problems, it can also quickly analyze and give the correct answer.
Later, I wanted to test its creative ability, so I asked it to help me write a creative advertising copy. I provided it with some basic information about the product and the positioning of the target audience.
Although its answer was very clear and the copy structure was fine, it always felt stiff when reading it, lacking the creative elements that would make people’s eyes shine.
It seemed to be organizing language only according to some fixed patterns, and did not really understand the unique creativity and emotional resonance required for a good advertising copy.
Wenxinyiyan: A powerful tool for literary creation, but the price makes me hesitate
I came across Wenxinyiyan during my literary creation process. I wanted to write a short story, but I couldn’t find inspiration and encountered bottlenecks in plot conception and character creation. I tried using Wenxinyiyan and input some of my theme ideas and preliminary character settings.
It quickly gave some suggestions, such as some unique plot twists and supplements to the character’s personality traits. And some of the descriptive paragraphs it generated are really good in terms of the fluency and beauty of the text.
However, when I saw the price of using it, I hesitated again. My budget is relatively limited, and such a high cost of use makes me have to consider whether it is really worth using it in the long run.
Moreover, once when I was writing a novel that required multiple plots to be interwoven, I found that when Wenxin Yiyan handled such complex plot construction, the coherence and logic between some plots were not very strong, which affected my creative thinking to a certain extent.
Kimi: Good at processing long texts, but stability needs to be improved
I started using Kimi when I was processing some long academic materials. I found that it is really good at processing long texts.
Once I uploaded an academic research report of more than 100,000 words, and it was able to quickly analyze the document, accurately find the key information I needed, and classify and organize it according to my requirements.
Its file reading and information search functions are very efficient when processing such large amounts of text content.
However, its stability problem really gave me a headache. Several times, when I was doing important information queries, it suddenly crashed. I had to restart my operation, which not only wasted my time, but also made me a little worried about whether the data would be lost.
I also found problems in translation in specific fields. I once needed to translate a professional medical document with many professional terms. Some of the terms in Kimi’s translation results were not translated accurately, which caused great trouble for me to understand the content of the document.
Summary and thinking
After such an in-depth experience of the four AI platforms, Doubao, Tongyi Qianwen, Wenxin Yiyan and Kimi, I found that they do have their own advantages in their respective fields of expertise, but at the same time they also have some obvious shortcomings. These shortcomings are mainly concentrated in the aspects of deep understanding ability, creative generation ability, price and stability.
I think these AI platforms can be improved in the following aspects:
First, we need to improve our deep understanding ability. We need to work harder on learning complex problems and professional knowledge, so that we can give more accurate and in-depth answers.
Second, it is also important to enhance the ability to generate ideas. More creative training and algorithm optimization are needed to generate more creative and imaginative content.
Then we need to optimize the pricing strategy. We need to set reasonable prices based on the needs and budgets of different users, so as to attract more users to use it.
Finally, improving stability cannot be ignored. We must continuously optimize the performance of the system so that users can use it with more confidence and efficiency.
I also found that although these AI platforms have problems in some aspects, they still have great application value in their respective fields of expertise. If Doubao does well in voice dialogue and text generation, it can satisfy many users who frequently use voice interaction and text generation functions;
Tongyi Qianwen performs well in question-answering and logical reasoning, which is very practical for those users who need to quickly answer questions and perform logical reasoning;
Wenxinyiyan’s advantages in literary creation and commercial copywriting are very helpful for users with these needs;
Kimi’s outstanding performance in long text processing and information organization is very suitable for users who need to process large amounts of text content and organize information.
Future Outlook
With the continuous development and progress of artificial intelligence technology, I believe that these AI platforms will definitely have a lot of room for improvement in the future.
For example, in areas such as deep learning, natural language processing, and computer vision, if research and technological innovation are continuously strengthened, their deep understanding ability, creative generation ability, and stability will be further improved.
Moreover, if they can be more integrated with other technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and the Internet of Things, and work together, more application scenarios can be expanded, and the user experience will become better.
I also look forward to the emergence of more excellent AI platforms in the future, so that users can be provided with more diverse and personalized services. I believe that driven by artificial intelligence technology, our lives and work will become more convenient and smarter.
Conclusion
Finally, I will make a summary. In general, the four AI platforms Doubao, Tongyi Qianwen, Wenxin Yiyan and Kimi have their own characteristics, and play different advantages and limitations in different fields and tasks.
Through my in-depth experience with them, I have a clearer understanding of their respective characteristics and applicable scenarios, and have a deeper understanding of their existing problems. I hope that my findings and thoughts can provide some reference and help to other users who use these AI platforms.
