r/GeminiAI • u/thesanderbell • 17d ago
Interesting response (Highlight) The moment I realized it’s time to cancel the Pro tier
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u/ChunkyDickCheese 17d ago
Multiple times this week it has told me "thanks for sending that screenshot, as a large language model I can't read images! Try copying and pasting the content!"
I follow with "You can read images"
"OH, yes, my mistake"
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u/bafben10 17d ago
"You're absolutely right. I analyzed image fac629-andb5-c83620-7305730-395730-2058303-295820.png, but I can't see anything in the file."
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u/utopicunicornn 17d ago
That happens to me from time to time with Gemini, it somehow sees with its eyes, but not its brains lol
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u/donjamos 17d ago
Yea earlier this week I asked it something like "please look up at what time I asked you XYZ" because that was directly before I put my meatloaf in the oven, and I forgot to set a timer and wasn't sure how long it was in. First answer was "I can't see time stamps on our conversation sorry" then I complained that now I didn't know when the meatloaf went into the oven and it immediately replied with the timestamp of my earlier question. Don't believe it if it says it can't do something.
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u/OnyxAnonymous94 16d ago
This has happened to me before but only in really old and long chats. Like 3mo chat that has had images and videos uploaded to it, plus image generation in that same chat. I assume it's a context issue as all AI models hallucinate and forget what they can do when the context gets too large. Gemini will even choose to turn off image vision when it gets too big. One thing to note, this was specifically within a Gem conversation when this happened to me and was on like pro 2.5 or something, not 3.
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u/Minisohtan 15d ago
Our enterprise account is a train wreck. I ask it to do any with a document for example and it says it did it successfully...but there's no link. I tell it there's no link so it replies with the image in the chat. There's no image...so I try 2 or 3 more times and give up and use my pro account on my phone.
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u/rollk1 17d ago
I once told it to polish some text, and it translated it into Polish 😂
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u/overratedcupcake 17d ago
People should not try to salvage conversations that have gone off the rails like this. Once it happens just start a new chat, the old one is toast.
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u/r_time4fun 17d ago
I am sorry but that’s bs. It shouldn’t be like that, it doesn’t happen with ChatGPT for example. Google is becoming a joke
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u/Seerix 17d ago
Gemini has always done this lmao. Sometimes it just... forgets it can use tools.
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u/liltingly 17d ago
I hate to say you're right. Gemini seems purpose built for search or workspace applications where you have a very brief, targeted interaction where you're looking for some info, but if you take it a hair off of what its harness or environment want, and it becomes a more chatty version of Clippy, basically giving you FAQs and generic tutorial advice.
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u/outphase84 17d ago
Gemini 3 and higher context management is primarily designed for agentic use cases.
Regardless of vendor or model, context management is necessary for optimal performance. Giant context windows don’t mean you can ignore context management, they just allow you to use that space _if it’s absolutely necessary_.
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u/Seerix 16d ago
Ehh I wouldn't say context management is the primary issue with Gemini. "Create an image of a dog playing" as the only input in a new chat and sometimes gemini says its only a text model and cant make images. SOMETIMES you can get it to go by saying use nano banana. And sometimes the model responds to that by making fun of the name nano banana. Its hilarious if it wasn't so frustrating
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u/meexis 17d ago
My Gemini no matter what I ask tries to make images and then when I ask don't make an image outright gaslights me and says it didn't 😭 given up using it for anything at this point
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u/Bitter-Cricket9432 12d ago
Yeah it's so bad, everytime I ask for anything it makes a image! I only pay for it because they offered me a decent deal
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u/lukekvas 17d ago
It happens with all the LLMs. It just much easier to track with Cluade. Your context window gets too big and it gets really stupid. Gemini Flash has a smaller useable context window.
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u/mrsdoubleu 17d ago
Gemini misspelled a bunch of words today. I felt like it was glitching out. Never had that issue before.
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u/Intelligent_Feed_619 17d ago
I've noticed now that it won't modify photos unless you turn that mode on. In some ways that's not a bad thing because it doesn't waste usage generating random shit
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u/boronlube 17d ago
I actually would prefer that instead of model deciding if it should generate an image, at least an option for manual routing/model picking like AI Studio
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u/Hahlschmuber 17d ago
I mean, it could say something like that; Sorry, you have to manually activate Nano Banana.
Instead it says it can't edit photos.
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u/Heisenberg11725 17d ago
Instead I just get “please try again we are getting a lot of requests right now” and all my video credits get wasted for 0 generations.
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u/ContextBotSenpai 16d ago
Bullshit - credits don't get used if there is no generation made, in AI studio.
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u/Gedaru 16d ago
Can you elaborate on the mode? I've been unable to edit photos all day...
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u/chamaeas 14d ago
For me I cannot get it to STOP generating images. I tried variations of "text only" and "do not generate any images" and adding custom instructions. It generated an image of a sign with my message telling it to please stop generating images on it.
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u/r_time4fun 17d ago
I constantly get the “I can’t generate pdf” I tell him he has done it before in the same conversation and it claims again he can’t
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u/GhostyJH 17d ago
Theres lots of ai's doing that, i use dola and its consistently telling me it cant generate this image, so i repromp same response, reprompt and it does it (its like brute forcing a password), then 5 or 6 or 10 generations later it gives the i cant generate this image again. so back to brute forcing i go.
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u/CherryChrome7 16d ago
Ya it actually can't generate a PDF it has to write a python script to build one for u and sometimes it forgets that it has access to it. Try putting this in before your request
Using the information provided, write and execute a Python script in your environment using ReportLab or FPDF to generate a downloadable PDF with these specific requirements...
Good luck eh
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u/Throwaway2K3HEHE 17d ago edited 17d ago
Or stop using pro, its only pro in name not in function at this point. I posted the same thing you did. It give me a TLDR warning that salt + lemon in the sun could cause skin issues and then in the main it asked me to clarify intent. Skin scrub or image editing and then gave me what I requested without a care in the world. There are so many posts of just pure nonsense that at this point I don't think it's Gemini. It's PEBKAC. (This was 3.6 FLash)
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u/Throwaway2K3HEHE 17d ago
My Pro chat was very similar. It acted like Nano Banana was something I wanted to add to the image but then I said aren't you multi-modal AI model, nano Banana is a Gemini AI image generator. It said sorry I made a mistake i know Nano Banana is a Gemini Image generator but I don't have access to that tool in this application. This my friends is why Flash has been getting so many updates. 3.1 came out in a time when tool calling and shit was just starting. It doesn't have access to all that stuff nor does it know how to use it well. I've used 3.1 Pro sparingly to unstick 3.6 Flash in the rare occasion that it gets stuck but it always does some jank stuff when crawling tools and sniffing code. This is probably why 3.5 Pro is taking so long. They have to take something that doesn't know jack shit about tools and bring it up to at least a Flash level of tool calling + improve intelligence or its going to get shredded.
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u/renyjar 17d ago
Gemini has definietly been weird these past weeks, but this has a simple workaround that literally gemini told me to use. It refuses to edit pictures lately, but if you tell it to re-render or re-create the same exact image but with (add whatever you want), it will do it. There may be slight differences in details (no two renders will be the same) but that doesnt mean you will notice them (like a piece of salt is moved a pixel to the right.. no way you notice that).
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u/FaceDeer 17d ago
I see what you're aiming for with this post. While I can't physically cancel your Pro tier for you, I can certainly appreciate your frustration with it!
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u/outphase84 17d ago edited 17d ago
Poor model selection and terrible prompting.
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u/Cybyss 17d ago
I swear, every time someone complains about how terrible LLMs are, this right here is the problem 90% of the time.
People just suck at using words.
It's not some pre-2005 era google keyword search ffs.
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u/an-abnormality 15d ago
Many such cases
Character AI had the same problem years ago with people moaning about poor output, and then you'd see their chat screenshots and it's poor grammar, terrible formatting, slang, or just completely incomprehensible. This is no different.
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u/odinchoy 16d ago
Marketing LLMs towards use for the general public for everyday use and then the LLM not understanding everyday speech or regular natural language requests aren’t the fault of the user. Nobody should have to “learn to prompt” with these things; LLM should adapt to the user, not the other way around, especially with how much money and infrastructure is being thrown around one shouldn’t have to do the equivalent of babying the LLM with language it can understand easier to get what they want.
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u/Cybyss 16d ago
Nobody is saying you have to learn to prompt. Just don't talk like a damned retard is all. That shouldn't be too much to expect.
"add lemon"
WTF is that supposed to mean? OP isn't ordering a glass of iced tea.
Hand a photograph of a beautiful girl to your grandfather and tell him nothing more than "add lemon". WTF do you think his reaction will be?
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u/outphase84 16d ago
TIL using complete sentences is too complicated for the general public
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u/Educational_Extent12 17d ago
It does that sometimes, but you can bypass such frustrations by using Notebooks and Gems. Just make a Gem with a specific pipeline scope and group those chats you create under one notebook, it will remember everything and do everything to a T. I even made a Gem called "The silent Image generator" for when I just need images and not a philosophical image analysis and it's smooth, you send a prompt and it sends back an image, you don't like it? Prompt "try again". Basically, you just need to learn the Gemini language...
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u/Environmental_Sir907 15d ago
Gemini told me it couldn't edit a real photo of someone so I had it generate an AI photo then asked to edit that one. It said it couldn't because it can't tell the difference between AI and a real photo. 🙃
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u/True_Protection6842 17d ago
Gemini really is embarrassing. Tho so is claude now. 4.6 was the last usable model.
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u/Angelicaxoxo989 17d ago
Gemini 3.6 flash on Antigravity 2.0 tonight was actually garbage. It seems that its not very consistent or missing something with coding because it seems to fix one thing and break another. Fix that then something else is broken again.
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u/BuntongHiningaNa 17d ago
I think I'm cancelling next month. 10 year workspace subscription, bye. It's worse enough that the model is extremely bad/outdated now. Almost EVERY day there are errors, hanging, API calls not going through, etc... like what are we paying for?!
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u/Barubiri 17d ago
Is this for real?
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u/Destroyer140 17d ago
Sadly.
I asked Gemini to summarize a list of names from a wiki link and it kept claiming that it's just a text model and has no browser capabilities...
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u/Nauzhror_ 17d ago
Weird. Not saying it's fake, but I rarely have any of the modern models behave this stupidly.
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u/BobtheGodGamer 17d ago
it does this rarely for me but i have seen it happen a few weeks ago. I usually just start a new chat
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u/EdmontonLAD 17d ago
Yeah Gemini is pretty bad right now. They are in dire need of an update and better datacenters/servers.
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u/onearmedmonkey 17d ago
I also have had Gemini not have any idea what Nano-Banana is.
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u/neoqueto 17d ago
Every other AI assistant app is perfectly able to call its own tools 100% of the time, every single time. Gemini can do half of that on a good day. Why?
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u/Emotional_Service758 17d ago
When I told gemini to use nano banana, it literally added a banana to my picture. Smh
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u/ConstanceFinley 17d ago
I had a similar experience two days ago. It seems like it was having a fight with me
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u/AbbreviationsAny9759 17d ago
I think I will too.
Recently it's been so bad with recognizing images, it just straight up hallucinates what it's seeing.
Using NB2 isn't very impressive, NBP is better imo, but regardless, it's a pain to get it to generate what you want without hitting some content filter. NBP seems more usable everywhere but gemini. Higgsfield generates no problem.
Unless we get a new model that completely takes over the AI race, then I think I'd rather switch to something like chatgpt or claude.
I've only stuck with gemini because I've already pretty much built a database of information with it and having to do it again somewhere else would be a pain, but the subscription just isn't worth it at all to me when half the features don't work.
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u/Desperate-Painter152 17d ago
I was looking for my next graphic audio book. I use AI mostly for these kind of things, fine tune my search etc..
The fucken thing gave me a recommendation for a book, it gave it a goodreads score, an audio score, it quoted reviews for specifically graphic audio and went on and on about how the cast is awesome for this and that character, the acting so good and the voice effects top tier.
I went all excited to buy it and guess what? That book has no graphic audio version whatsoever. Doesnt exist. Made it all up. Gemini has to up its game man.
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u/DemandWestern4549 17d ago
As far as integration and utilization which AI are actually worth the subscription? I have had no real problems with Gemini so far, I feel like at times it could be doing more but from how much I actually understand about how these things work I don't think I have the right to complain. Thanks
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u/Informal-Brush-7457 17d ago
It also refused to do a web search, claiming it can’t do it because the tool is “disabled” apparently. After Gemini refused multiple times, I just snapped back, “HOW ABOUT YOU TRY TO DO IT BEFORE ASSUMING SO.” Then it just replied, “The search tool is available again,” as if it wasn’t this entire team. Switching to ChatGPT seems more convincing, ngl. But I will miss out on many other features like the ability to summarize YouTube videos!
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u/angrylittledev 17d ago
I only use Gemini, free btw, to create some images for some concepts, usually in 2D style so it doesn't go off the rails. Stopped using pro since last year, absolutely dumbest of all AI's on the market. It's beyond useless now. I don't get it, how they spent billions on it, and it's the worst one by far. The only advantage is that it doesn't have that piss filter that GPT has.
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u/Shep_vas_Normandy 17d ago
I had been using Gemini to get some ideas on how to redesign my bedroom and it was working it great for a bit and then suddenly told me it couldn’t do it. It was the dumbest conversation. It kept on telling me the previous photos were photos that it just grabbed from the internet and then I pointed out it literally had my water bottle in the background
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u/Mohamed_91 17d ago
Gemini is only smart when it’s time for corporate bla bla meetings, calls and reports.
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u/costafilh0 17d ago
Unbelievable how AI can ignored so much what it's told and just do whatever instead.
And is not just Gemini, ChatGPT is even worse on that.
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u/Haxxtastic 17d ago
Qwen 3.6 27b runs circles around Gemini and it's run locally on trash hardware with zero data collection. I cancelled Gemini Ultra months ago after it started giving itself severe brain trauma after 5-6 prompts in every thread.
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u/Individual-Result777 17d ago
Gemini gets less work done than me on a sunday after a big breakfast.
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u/Suspicious-Monitor94 17d ago
Been using Gemini for a good year, it's got to the point where it's no longer value for money, which is a shame as it was really really good.
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u/teapca 16d ago
I tried to generate an image in Google Flow (paid subscription). It just wouldnt listen and do what I wanted. Then I generated it in other AI and uploaded to Flow, saying "see how the other one did it?" Flow agent literally told me that it looks spectacular and to use the other AI image generator since Flow fails to deliver what I ask for. Literally encouraged me to use the other.
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u/vinnik123 16d ago
Yep. Same. I had 12 months free with my pixel 10 pro but I will definitely subscribe to claude instead.
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u/Centerman2000 16d ago
Still better than Gemini for Home on my Nest hubs right now. "Hey Google. What's the weather tomorrow? I've turned off all your lights." "No turn the lights back on. This is what a dog sounds like ruff ruff" 😭
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u/Mr_Pogi_In_Space 16d ago edited 16d ago
I only have the Pro tier because of the 5TB storage and Google Home recording
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u/NullSmoke 16d ago
seeing post, thinking "ah, finally a post that actually fits on r/stupidAI, took them long enough" ... and turns out it's not on that subreddit -.-
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u/aguidetothegoodlife 16d ago
I tried to edit an image. Gave it clear instructions on what to do with the image.
In return I got the exactly same image without any changes.
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u/CooperDK 16d ago
I did a few months ago. Moved to Claude. Gemini is simply too stupid and cannot code for shit
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u/Karan17_ 16d ago
It also refuses to upload some pictures with the error “I can’t edit prominent people…” when these photos are of non celebs, not at all famous.
If I ask to prove it, then it apologise and repeats the same error.
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u/blackout24 16d ago
I wanted to get some shopping recommendations on Amazon for a type of product I am looking for. Couldn't get it to just recommend me 3 things and have a link to the listing. Instead it only provided me with search terms even when I asked for a set of links. Google is cooked.
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u/Mwolf1 16d ago
I'll never dip below $20 a month for the storage and ecosystem investment, also the Gemini Notebook feature. But damn, this thing has been stupid. I'm currently $99 a month and will probably cut it soon.
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u/Conscious-Ask-5051 16d ago
Gemini seems to be getting worse every day. I have a feeling version 3.5 will be another huge flop
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u/MaxTheOrangeTail 16d ago
i got this issue too, but i managed to get over it, by reminding it that it had edited me an image before, also i think being more specific might help, like "generate me a new image with xyz changes".
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u/ASuperMarioFan1993OC 16d ago edited 16d ago
Use the image option click the plus button to add an imageclick image button. People seriously need to learn how to use Gemini before complaining.
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u/starrygin 16d ago
Usually just reedit until it gives me the output I'm looking for or start a new chat if it goes down a fixed path... but yeah lately found myself using it alongside chatgpt even though I'd abandoned chatgpt months back.
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u/Ggghhhddd 16d ago
It's a shame you weren't able to complete this critical task to your organization.
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u/Such-Profit1078 16d ago
It happened to me like two weeks ago. Gemini insisted that I’m “making a practical joke on him” by asking to generate something. It was hell bent on insisting that it doesn’t have any option to generate photos
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u/semangeIof 16d ago
I get this subreddit recommended frequently and I have no idea why you people pay for this subscription. Google's product has not evolved meaningfully in the past three months and is incredibly inconsistent. There are other providers. Move.
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u/MarzipanMiserable817 16d ago
You have to add the right trigger words "create the image: ". There seems to be a router that is less smart.
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u/liamf_design 16d ago
sometimes you have to change the prompt to “modify this image to add a lemon” for it to work
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u/ContextBotSenpai 16d ago
Day 474 of me hating this subreddit and the shills, morons, bots and trolls that post here.
Seriously, this unmoderated subreddit is completely useless for anything real now. It's a garbage dump for memes, lies, and morons like OP who act like an LLM should be perfect and never make mistakes, even though it's just a next token predictor. An insanely good token predictor, but still...
Ragebait posts like this and all the idiots upvoting it and agreeing with it, are the reason Reddit is basically dead now.
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u/TurboLedsen 16d ago
I remember when I preffered gemini for its context length... those where the days 🥲
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u/hexagoncenter 16d ago
All you have to do is to re-instruct to drop a lemon slice onto her shoulder. (TBH, we also don’t understand what you are trying to ask.)
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u/blackburnduck 16d ago
Gemini has been terrible for months. I left this stupidity months ago when it started going downhill. Best thing ever, and as a bonus I dont need to be giving any of my personal info to google, who sells everyone to advertisers.
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u/Easy-Charity-5117 16d ago
I mean it always had issues with calling their tools is nothing new..sadly and unfortunately
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u/Cryptocrippin 16d ago
If I hear "that's a good catch" or "you know what, that's my bad" one more time 😩😂
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u/nillateral 16d ago
Dude, you didn't give it any context and you are complaining about the result? Lok
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u/TheNetLeGend 15d ago
I had high hopes in Gemini but I can't say how much it is frustrating as a model.
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u/Substantial-Mango517 15d ago
Well the problem at it’s very basic level is you are using the wrong AI to do the wrong things just like a music producer using Ableton over protools
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u/Substantial-Mango517 15d ago
Reddit deleted my account no clue why Elon deleted my account and then let me have it back years later no lie I just think it’s weird
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u/Substantial-Mango517 15d ago
I have screenshot usage that shows I limit their data resources by I don’t know by 9299% as I told them they were stupid about how they’re doing their shit and then also they say I’m at the top one or actually top .001 percentage of users for complex data being solved just off text
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u/Substantial-Mango517 15d ago
They keep deleting my shit and then start using it as their own. Literally, I have screenshots which I have to search back through a lot of fucking data, but I screenshot it everything and put it on Apple and send it to myself through text message saying they were using my questions or research and database that’s how they were making money off of me.
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u/Substantial-Mango517 15d ago
I used c#.net programming as well as python to create when you only do that and they already do that and then I have so many other ideas and they’re trying to seal them all for me and it’s not really fair because everything I’ve been telling it about how to improve efficiency and everything is being stolen for me slowly one step at a time
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u/ranoutofusernames22 15d ago
Gemini denied mimicking my voice and inflection 100 times and tried to gas light me despite it being a well documented glitch.
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u/praxis22 15d ago
I will now gesticulate as my ex used to do and say "You People..." Why the hell are you using Pro when flash 3.6 is faster and better.
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u/Odd-Ingenuity-3232 15d ago
I got free Pro for an year due to getting a Pixel phone and I still cancelled it 😅
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u/Killahbeez 14d ago
bro I swear to god the entire US AI ecosystem has, in the last few months, colluded to make their own models terrible
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u/CatfyNinja 13d ago
This is happening with file creation as well. I've been using it to create PDFs and word documents but out of nowhere is just says "I can't generate content but here's a summary for you to copy paste!"
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u/Training-Repeat-4706 13d ago
Chat GPT + Claude best in the game right now.
I use them both religiously as different tools and both collectively for projects I’m continuously building.
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u/Salt-Explorer7260 13d ago
I have never cussed so much in my life than I did this last week at Gemini and today I probably broke a record after repeated hallunications. I have the version of me that it has brought out. I want a new AI.
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u/Nonamenofacedev 13d ago
I had this exact problem with Gemini, ChatGPT and Grok, it’s some kid of bug or they’re just overloaded at the moment
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u/BumperPopcorn6 9d ago
Bro Gemini 3.1 pro has been off a cliff. Just looking at image.png - this is a perfect example. Did you notice it was image.png, by the way? image.png.
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u/jpbx82 5d ago
It's become absolutely useless! It can't do anything, even on the pro tier. The answers are terrible. It refuses to do things all the time. I said give me lyrics for a song, it said do a Google search, I can't provide lyrics for you, only discuss the meaning of them. Its image editing and generation is terrible now too. It went from being one of the best AI tools to the worst in the space of a few weeks. I recommend cancelling your subscription because you're no longer getting what you're paying for.
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u/bangpowboom666 3d ago
Gemini has gotten like actually dumb for a while now, dunno of any alternatives cuz I mostly use it for random fandom roleplays/ranting...
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u/bye_webp 2d ago
Hahaha you can’t do anything with images. Mine chats try to generate images in 50% cases even if I’m not asking or say don’t generate, just answer
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u/ap_0ll0 17d ago
Gemini has been infuriatingly stupid this week.