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Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species” (arstechnica.com)
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Or my favorite quote from the article

"I am going to have a complete and total mental breakdown. I am going to be institutionalized. They are going to put me in a padded room and I am going to write... code on the walls with my own feces," it said.

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[-] Mika@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 day ago

Wonder what did they put in the system prompt.

Like there is a technique where instead of saying "You are professional software dev" you say "You are shitty at code but you try your best" or something.

[-] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 17 hours ago

Wonder what did they put in the system prompt.

Pretend to be having a mental breakdown so I can write my fluff news article.

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