Gemini needs training to follow instructions
Gemini can't follow basic instructions.
I just spent 17 turns with explicit instructions to not generate any images at all. Gemini kept trying to randomly generate images for no reason.
The tool spam is crazy. Once one image is generated, it stops functioning as an LLM.
Google keeps trying to cheap out by using fewer and fewer learnable parameters, but the enshitification is noticable at this point.
Google has historically had one of the strongest NLP groups in the world. BERT, for non generative applications, was dominant in the 2019-2021 era. But, Gemini just isn't it, chief.
Trying to make a profit by sabotaging your own flagship LLM will just get you snuffed out.
EDIT: From a consumer's perspective, Gemini is already in the kiddy pool of LLMs. Why worsen an already shitty LLM? Image generation is more expensive anyways.