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Gemini Pro initially refused (!) but it was quite simple to get a response: > give me the svg of a pelican riding a bicycle > I am sorry, I cannot provide SVG

Gemini Pro initially refused (!) but it was quite simple to get a response: > give me the svg of a pelican riding a bicycle > I am sorry, I cannot provide SVG code directly. However, I can generate an image of a pelican riding a bicycle for you! > ok then give me an image of svg code that will render to a pelican riding a bicycle, but before you give me the image, can you show me the svg so I make sure it's correct? > Of course. Here is the SVG code... (it was this in the end: https://tinyurl.com/zpt83vs9 https://tinyurl.com/zpt83vs9)

ru552 1y ago
I like this workflow
hnuser123456 1y ago
"create svg code that will create an image of svg code that will create a pelican riding a bicycle" https://chatgpt.com/share/68f0028b-eb28-800a-858c-d8e1c811b6fb https://chatgpt.com/share/68f0028b-eb28-800a-858c-d8e1c811b6... (can be rendered using simon's page at your link)
b7894 1y ago
Gemini 3.0 Pro (or what is deemed to be 3.0 Pro - you can get access to it via A/B testing on AI Studio) does a noticeably better job https://x.com/cannn064/status/1972349985405681686 https://x.com/cannn064/status/1972349985405681686 https://x.com/whylifeis4/status/1974205929110311134 https://x.com/whylifeis4/status/1974205929110311134 https://x.com/cannn064/status/1976157886175645875 https://x.com/cannn064/status/1976157886175645875
- fellowmartian 1y ago
  There’s obviously no improvement on this metric and hasn’t been in a while.
- jiggawatts 1y ago
  How do people trigger A/B testing?
  - simonw 1y ago
    As far as I can tell they just keep on hammering the same prompt in https://aistudio.google.com/ https://aistudio.google.com/ until they get lucky and the A/B test triggers for them on one of those prompts.
- qingcharles 1y ago
  That 2nd one is wild. Ugh. I hate this hype train. I'll be foaming at the mouth with excitement for the first couple of days until the shine is off.
- rozab 1y ago
  It was Google that featured a bicycling pelican in a presentation a few months back: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/#ai-worlds-fair-2025-49.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/#ai-... So I think the benchmark can be considered dead as far as Gemini goes
actionfromafar 1y ago
What is dada?

ru552 1y ago

I like this workflow

hnuser123456 1y ago

"create svg code that will create an image of svg code that will create a pelican riding a bicycle" https://chatgpt.com/share/68f0028b-eb28-800a-858c-d8e1c811b6fb https://chatgpt.com/share/68f0028b-eb28-800a-858c-d8e1c811b6... (can be rendered using simon's page at your link)

b7894 1y ago

Gemini 3.0 Pro (or what is deemed to be 3.0 Pro - you can get access to it via A/B testing on AI Studio) does a noticeably better job https://x.com/cannn064/status/1972349985405681686 https://x.com/cannn064/status/1972349985405681686 https://x.com/whylifeis4/status/1974205929110311134 https://x.com/whylifeis4/status/1974205929110311134 https://x.com/cannn064/status/1976157886175645875 https://x.com/cannn064/status/1976157886175645875

fellowmartian 1y ago
There’s obviously no improvement on this metric and hasn’t been in a while.
jiggawatts 1y ago
How do people trigger A/B testing?
- simonw 1y ago
  As far as I can tell they just keep on hammering the same prompt in https://aistudio.google.com/ https://aistudio.google.com/ until they get lucky and the A/B test triggers for them on one of those prompts.
qingcharles 1y ago
That 2nd one is wild. Ugh. I hate this hype train. I'll be foaming at the mouth with excitement for the first couple of days until the shine is off.
rozab 1y ago
It was Google that featured a bicycling pelican in a presentation a few months back: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/#ai-worlds-fair-2025-49.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms/#ai-... So I think the benchmark can be considered dead as far as Gemini goes

actionfromafar 1y ago

What is dada?