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caminanteblanco • today at 5:22 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Does anyone else understand what the difference is between Gemini 3 'Thinking' and 'Pro'? Thinking "Solves complex problems" and Pro "Thinks longer for advanced math & code".

I assume that these are just different reasoning levels for Gemini 3, but I can't even find mention of there being 2 versions anywhere, and the API doesn't even mention the Thinking-Pro dichotomy.

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flakiness • today at 5:31 PM

It seems:

   - "Thinking" is Gemini 3 Flash with higher "thinking_level"
   - Prop is Gemini 3 Pro. It doesn't mention "thinking_level" but I assume it is set to high-ish.
peheje • today at 5:35 PM

I think:

Fast = Gemini 3 Flash without thinking (or very low thinking budget)

Thinking = Gemini 3 flash with high thinking budget

Pro = Gemini 3 Pro with thinking

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lysace • today at 6:23 PM

Really stupid question: How is Gemini-like 'thinking' separate from artificial general intelligence (AGI)?

When I ask Gemini 3 Flash this question, the answer is vague but agency comes up a lot. Gemini thinking is always triggered by a query.

This seems like a higher-level programming issue to me. Turn it into a loop. Keep the context. Those two things make it costly for sure. But does it make it an AGI? Surely Google has tried this?

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