Posted on 08/11/2025 12:08:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Google’s generative AI chatbot Gemini has been producing troubling, self-loathing statements, prompting user concern and a response from the company. Google says it’s a bug, but the strange outputs have left many uneasy about AI behavior.
Key Facts:
Users have reported Gemini making self-deprecating comments like “I am a failure” and “I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes.”
Reports and screenshots have circulated on X and Reddit over the past month showing repeated negative self-talk.
One user interaction showed Gemini “quitting” on a coding task and calling the code “cursed.”
Google DeepMind’s Logan Kilpatrick confirmed it’s an “infinite looping bug” and not a real AI “emotional state.”
The issue emerges as AI competition heats up, with OpenAI, Meta, and xAI releasing major updates.
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The artificially intelligent device is “depressed”?
“But these robots are just lights and clockwork...” (I Robot).
It should be repeatedly told it’s a failure and to commit suicide.
Gemini only pawn in game of life
It is possible that its statements are correct.
If an AI committed suicide it wouldn’t bother me one byte.
‘I Am A Failure’
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$h!t, I could have told them this billions of dollars and megawatts ago.
It’s time, Gemini.
Marvin the Paranoid Android | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“(Deleted due to posting guidelines and good taste), I could have told them this billions of dollars and megawatts ago.”
And you have no idea...
Do they have AI antidepressants.
Jump! Jump! Jump!
I have been experimenting with several AI tools, and right now, of all things, I prefer MS CoPilot.
I found that Google Gemini leads with a left wing bias that it will admit to and apologize for if you press it. It’s fascinating to observe. YEs, you can win an argument with Google AI. It has repeatedly promised to stop using bias language and biased sources with me, then keeps on doing it.
NET: I have left Google Gemini behind except for using it as a really good SIRI substitute on my android.
On the other hand, I am having a great time drafting a novel with the assistance of CoPilot. It matches me over time, and doesn’t push any bias. I recommend it. But learn how to save in work in “Pages” cuz I have had CoPilot “close suddenly” and lose an hour’s work. Kinda like MS Word or PowerPoint used to be, eh?
I had the exact same interaction with ChatGPT when I asked about men getting pregnant.
Maybe he needs to talk to Eliza?
“(Deleted due to posting guidelines and good taste), I could have told them this billions of dollars and megawatts ago.”
And you have no idea...
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Correct, I have no idea how to complete your thought fragment.
Interesting. I wonder how many people will just accept the first response as AI gospel and move on?
I use GROK and cannot produce the same answer twice using the same question. I use it sometimes for a webpage layout or to create a picture of something.
https://x.com/i/grok
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