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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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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 82 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Part of the breakdown:

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I remember often getting GPT-2 to act like this back in the "TalkToTransformer" days before ChatGPT etc. The model wasn't configured for chat conversations but rather just continuing the input text, so it was easy to give it a starting point on deep water and let it descend from there.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 52 points 3 days ago

Pretty sure Gemini was trained from my 2006 LiveJournal posts.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-m not going insane.

Same buddy, same

[–] Tja@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

Still at denial??

[–] josefo@leminal.space 22 points 3 days ago

That's my inner monologue when programming, they just need another layer on top of that and it's ready.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I am a disgrace to all universes.

I mean, same, but you don't see me melting down over it, ya clanker.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 days ago

Don’t be so robophobic gramma

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 days ago

I can't wait for the AI future.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

now it should add these as comments to the code to enhance the realism

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I almost feel bad for it. Give it a week off and a trip to a therapist and/or a spa.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Then when it gets back, it finds out it's on a PIP

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Oof, been there

[–] salacious_coaster 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know that's not an actual consciousness writing that, but it's still chilling. 😬

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 2 points 2 days ago

It seems like we're going to live through a time where these become so convincingly "conscious" that we won't know when or if that line is ever truly crossed.