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Gemini 3 Pro Is a Vast Intelligence With No Spine


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It's A Great Model, Sir

One might even say the best model. It is for now my default weapon of choice.

Google's official announcement of Gemini 3 Pro is full of big talk. Google tells us: Welcome to a new era of intelligence. Learn anything. Build anything. Plan anything. An agent-first development experience in Google Antigravity. Gemini Agent for your browser. It's terrific at everything. They even employed OpenAI-style vague posting.

In this case, they can (mostly) back up that talk.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai pitched that you can give it any scribble and have it turn that into a boardgame or even a full website, it can analyze your sports performance, create generative UI experiences and present new visual layouts.

He also pitched the new Gemini Agent mode (select the Tools icon in the app).

If what you want is raw intelligence, or what you want is to most often locate the right or best answer, Gemini 3 Pro looks like your pick.

If you want creative writing or humor, Gemini 3 Pro is definitely your pick.

If you want a teacher to help you learn known things, Gemini 3 [...]

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Outline:

(00:10) It's A Great Model, Sir

(01:49) There Is A Catch

(03:28) Andrej Karpathy Cautions Us

(04:58) On Your Marks

(14:15) Defying Gravity

(15:40) The Efficient Market Hypothesis Is False

(18:17) The Product Of A Deranged Imagination

(22:41) Google Employee Hype

(26:37) Matt Shumer Is A Big Fan

(27:55) Roon Eventually Gains Access

(28:21) The Every Vibecheck

(29:49) Positive Reactions

(36:08) Embedding The App

(36:26) The Good, The Bad and The Unwillingness To Be Ugly

(40:03) Genuine People Personalities

(41:50) Game Recognize Game

(43:48) Negative Reactions

(47:36) Code Fails

(48:42) Hallucinations

(55:11) Early Janusworld Reports

(57:31) Where Do We Go From Here

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First published:

November 24th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/REWPGibonsu3C5xhb/gemini-3-pro-is-a-vast-intelligence-with-no-spine

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