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Gemini 3.1 Pro

612 points by PunchTornado 8mo ago

takoid 8mo ago
Shared this in the other Gemini Pro 3.1 thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074735) but wanted to share it here as well. I just tested the "generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle" prompt and this is what I got: https://codepen.io/takoid/pen/wBWLOKj https://codepen.io/takoid/pen/wBWLOKj The model thought for over 5 minutes to produce this. It's not quite photorealistic (some parts are definitely "off"), but this is definitely a significant leap in complexity.
- dang 8mo ago
  Please don't duplicate comments - it makes merging threads a pain! Letting us know that there's a dupe situation going on is helpful, if you have a minute to email hn@ycombinator.com.
- deleted 8mo ago
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- tasuki 8mo ago
  That looks amazing! But huh, I get... this: https://www.svgviewer.dev/s/1MOs0uyb https://www.svgviewer.dev/s/1MOs0uyb (on Gemini 3.1 Pro) ... what... is wrong with my Gemini?
  - fvv 8mo ago
    I got this : https://www.svgviewer.dev/s/DNq3oGMB https://www.svgviewer.dev/s/DNq3oGMB pro with the 20$ subscription , from the gemini.google.com site , initially the request was routed to nano banana, so I had to change the prompt and had to be very specific about not generating the image directly, here the exact prompt : "I want the html svg code for that ( not the generated image) , generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle"
dang 8mo ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074735, which was posted earlier and is also on the frontpage
MATTEHWHOU 8mo ago
I've been A/B testing the big three (GPT-5, Claude Opus 4, Gemini 3.1) on a real codebase migration this week. Quick take: Gemini 3.1 Pro's long context is genuinely better now — I fed it a 200k token codebase and it could reference files from the beginning without losing track. That was a real problem in 3.0. For pure code generation though, Claude still edges it out on following complex multi-step instructions. Gemini tends to take shortcuts when the task has more than ~5 constraints. The exciting thing is how close they all are. Competition is working exactly as it should.
lkt 8mo ago
Anyone know if this is available in the Gemini CLI with a subscription (not api key)? Still seeing only Gemini 3 pro preview
- cheema33 8mo ago
  Google is known for not giving you an option to give them your money for AI tools. Maybe they will fix this soon. Is there a way to use Gemini CLI with a $20 plan, like it is with Anthropic or OpenAI CLI agents?
  - lkt 8mo ago
    Yes I have the "Google AI Pro" plan from here https://gemini.google/subscriptions/ https://gemini.google/subscriptions/ and you can login to the Gemini CLI with oauth

612 points by PunchTornado 8mo ago

Shared this in the other Gemini Pro 3.1 thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074735) but wanted to share it here as well. I just tested the "generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle" prompt and this is what I got: https://codepen.io/takoid/pen/wBWLOKj https://codepen.io/takoid/pen/wBWLOKj The model thought for over 5 minutes to produce this. It's not quite photorealistic (some parts are definitely "off"), but this is definitely a significant leap in complexity.

dang 8mo ago
Please don't duplicate comments - it makes merging threads a pain! Letting us know that there's a dupe situation going on is helpful, if you have a minute to email hn@ycombinator.com.
deleted 8mo ago
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tasuki 8mo ago
That looks amazing! But huh, I get... this: https://www.svgviewer.dev/s/1MOs0uyb https://www.svgviewer.dev/s/1MOs0uyb (on Gemini 3.1 Pro) ... what... is wrong with my Gemini?
- fvv 8mo ago
  I got this : https://www.svgviewer.dev/s/DNq3oGMB https://www.svgviewer.dev/s/DNq3oGMB pro with the 20$ subscription , from the gemini.google.com site , initially the request was routed to nano banana, so I had to change the prompt and had to be very specific about not generating the image directly, here the exact prompt : "I want the html svg code for that ( not the generated image) , generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle"

dang 8mo ago

Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074735, which was posted earlier and is also on the frontpage

MATTEHWHOU 8mo ago

I've been A/B testing the big three (GPT-5, Claude Opus 4, Gemini 3.1) on a real codebase migration this week. Quick take: Gemini 3.1 Pro's long context is genuinely better now — I fed it a 200k token codebase and it could reference files from the beginning without losing track. That was a real problem in 3.0. For pure code generation though, Claude still edges it out on following complex multi-step instructions. Gemini tends to take shortcuts when the task has more than ~5 constraints. The exciting thing is how close they all are. Competition is working exactly as it should.

lkt 8mo ago

Anyone know if this is available in the Gemini CLI with a subscription (not api key)? Still seeing only Gemini 3 pro preview

cheema33 8mo ago
Google is known for not giving you an option to give them your money for AI tools. Maybe they will fix this soon. Is there a way to use Gemini CLI with a $20 plan, like it is with Anthropic or OpenAI CLI agents?
- lkt 8mo ago
  Yes I have the "Google AI Pro" plan from here https://gemini.google/subscriptions/ https://gemini.google/subscriptions/ and you can login to the Gemini CLI with oauth