Gemini (archival audio): Main body weight exercises, squats, stand with feet shoulder width apart, lower your hips as if sitting on a chair, keeping your back straight and chest. Go as low as you can comfortably.

Michael Calore: Lunges for each leg, three sets of 10, plank, three sets holding for 30 to 60 seconds, which is torture. Glute bridges, three sets of 15 reps. And then it talks about progressive overload and talks about rest days and all that stuff, which is great. And then I said, “OK, I don’t know how to do a lunge. Can you show me how to do a lunge?” And it was presented to me in a set of videos, five videos.

Lauren Goode: YouTube, maybe?

Michael Calore: Yes, these are YouTube videos. Both of the links are the same, but I watched all the videos and I was like, “OK, I feel like I can do a lunge now.” burn So I feel good about that.

Lauren Goode: That’s pretty cool, actually.

Michael Calore: Yes. The only thing strange about this is that I did a Google search and found the same information from different places. And aside from the video, I don’t know where Gemini got any of the information. I don’t know where the recipes come from. It was all presented to me as, “This is what Gemini says.”

Lauren Goode: No sourcing.

Michael Calore: No sourcing. And I checked everything, and I didn’t see any good sources.

Lauren Goode: And people are probably putting together workout plans or writing about recipes. And that was published and I’m sorry, but your smallest pieces of data are now chopped up and added to some recipe, and you don’t know where it came from.

Michael Calore: Julienne.

Lauren Goode: That’s right.

Zoë Schiffer: OK, so are you going to stick with it? Will you continue to use it for this purpose, or does it feel like a one-off experiment?

Michael Calore: In fact, the exercise regimen, is pretty solid. I will continue this.

Lauren Goode: Nice.

Michael Calore: And as far as recipes go, I have so many cookbooks and so many years of experience making food for myself that I don’t need to make this quinoa salad again, Lauren, unless you want me to. it and it will be given to you.

Lauren Goode: I have other meals that you make, and I think I might suggest that next time.

Zoë Schiffer: So diplomatic.

Michael Calore: OK, good.

Lauren Goode: But thank you, I appreciate you.

Michael Calore: So I have to say that, for me, as someone who understands myself and understands my own needs, it’s not really a big help. The workout was great. I found that without Gemini 2.O, but if someone is new to it or has a lot of questions, or if someone is thinking about making these kinds of lifestyle changes, then it actually gives a good advice.