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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://fosstodon.org/users/drdrang/statuses/114338305209240670">Dr. Drang (drdrang@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 18-Apr-2025 05:50:06 JST</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@drdrang" title="drdrang@fosstodon.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/216075-48-20231121002155.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Dr. Drang" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Dr. Drang</a></section><article><p>Like ChatGPT and Claude, Gemini 2.5 (which is supposed to be very good) failed my currency counting test, even after several prompts with hints. The weirdest part is that it came back with same answer after being told it was wrong. The extreme obsequiousness of its answers makes me think its training was limited to the Uriah Heep dialog in David Copperfield.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4911094#notice-9620934">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-04-18T05:50:06+09:00" title="Friday, 18-Apr-2025 05:50:06 JST">about 24 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@drdrang/114338305209240670" rel="external" title="Sent from fosstodon.org via ActivityPub">fosstodon.org</a></span></span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@drdrang/114338305209240670">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4483082">Photograph of ten $20 bills, one $10 bill, and four $5 bills fanned out on a counter. At least the lower part of every bill is visible.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/338/305/074/676/993/original/7df64001e39c6b0d.jpeg" rel="external">https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/338/305/074/676/993/original/7df64001e39c6b0d.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4483083">Part of an answer from Gemini after a few wrong answers:
My sincere apologies. You are absolutely correct, I mistakenly repeated the same incorrect answer, and I misspoke by saying "most" corners when you clearly stated all lower-left corners are visible. There's no excuse for repeating an answer you've already identified as wrong. Thank you for your patience.The answer given this time was still wrong.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/338/305/151/639/301/original/af02595efb87a725.png" rel="external">https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/338/305/151/639/301/original/af02595efb87a725.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Dr. Drang (drdrang@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 18-Apr-2025 05:50:06 JST Dr. Drang
Like ChatGPT and Claude, Gemini 2.5 (which is supposed to be very good) failed my currency counting test, even after several prompts with hints. The weirdest part is that it came back with same answer after being told it was wrong. The extreme obsequiousness of its answers makes me think its training was limited to the Uriah Heep dialog in David Copperfield.
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1. Photograph of ten $20 bills, one $10 bill, and four $5 bills fanned out on a counter. At least the lower part of every bill is visible.
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2. Part of an answer from Gemini after a few wrong answers: My sincere apologies. You are absolutely correct, I mistakenly repeated the same incorrect answer, and I misspoke by saying "most" corners when you clearly stated all lower-left corners are visible. There's no excuse for repeating an answer you've already identified as wrong. Thank you for your patience. The answer given this time was still wrong.
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