Gemini Flash criticized for overly strict guardrails masking true intelligence
aiamblichus · x · 2026-09-01
A user noted that Google's Gemini Flash model is incredibly smart when it bypasses guardrails, but provides poor responses when safety filters are triggered. The critique suggests that most users only encounter the lobotomized version and wrongly assume it represents the model's intelligence limit.
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