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I still get made-up Python types all the time with Gemini. Really quite distracting when your codebase is massive and triggers a type error, and Gemini says

"To solve it you just need to use WrongType[ThisCannotBeUsedHere[Object]]"

and then I spend 15 minutes running in circles, because everything from there on is just a downward spiral, until I shut off the AI noise and just read the docs.


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baq01/16/2026

Gemini unfortunately sucks at calling tools, including ‘read the docs’ tool… it’s a great model otherwise. I’m sure Hassabis’ team is on it since it’s how the model can ground itself in non-coding contexts, too.