[dwd]

Gemini seems to understand irony better than most people.

If you make a joke it will respond with a deadpan sarcastic wit that is worthy of Gervais. (without the smut or profanity)

Was asking it about finding a different supplement as the one we had been taking tended to get stuck in the throat, and it riffed about the irony of being taken out by a health supplement in our endeavours to live healthy. One of the funniest things I've heard all week.

[rob74]

Yes... and still, it thinks it's funny to play "Timber" after mentioning a natural disaster that killed thousands of people. So there is still some finetuning needed, I'd say.

Reminds me of the song "Die perfekte Welle" ("The Perfect Wave" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfekte_Welle), which was a big hit in Germany in 2004, until the Indian Ocean tsunami hit after Christmas, when it was dropped by most radio stations.

[butlike]

Why do we need to fine tune away that charm? You want to turn it into a droll ticker tape of information? That's boring.

[rob74]

I don't have a problem with Gemini being charming/witty, I was referring to stuff that people might find rude or offensive - yeah, I know, that's a fine line sometimes, but I think most of us would agree that making jokes about the victims of a disaster isn't funny.

[butlike]

There is the concept of gallows humor. Sometimes you have to sardonically smirk at mortality.

[martheen]

It's really good at understanding implied meanings. With other LLMs I often had to add a hint to clarify and guide, but Gemini can easily follow and guess the current tension and mood.