Yes. You’re complaining that Gemini “shits the bed”, despite using 2.5 Flash (not Pro), without search or reasoning.
It’s a fact that some models are smarter than others. This is a task that requires reasoning so the article is hard to take seriously when the author uses a model optimised for speed (not intelligence), and doesn’t even turn reasoning on (nor suggest they’re even aware of it being a feature).
I asked the exact prompt to ChatGPT 5 Thinking and got an excellent answer with cited sources, all of which appears to be accurate.
> yoUr'E PRoMPTiNg IT WRoNg!
> Am I though?”
Yes. You’re complaining that Gemini “shits the bed”, despite using 2.5 Flash (not Pro), without search or reasoning.
It’s a fact that some models are smarter than others. This is a task that requires reasoning so the article is hard to take seriously when the author uses a model optimised for speed (not intelligence), and doesn’t even turn reasoning on (nor suggest they’re even aware of it being a feature).
I asked the exact prompt to ChatGPT 5 Thinking and got an excellent answer with cited sources, all of which appears to be accurate.