Gemini 4.1 Flash called "proto-AGI" in hands-on test; Pro impresses at programmatic Python art
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-14
- Blogger teortaxesTex shares hands-on observations of Google Gemini 4.1: V4.1 Flash is dubbed a "proto-AGI" — it consistently builds scientific tooling and cleverly organizes subagent pipelines, though it still makes mistakes; the path to full generality is "clear enough. Scale it up."
- A novel out-of-distribution test: reproduce a complex surrealist image purely programmatically in Python — no computer-use stroke spamming, no Blender MCP, no image reuse — just "here. Surrealism. Use Python. Do it beautifully." V4.1 Pro performed well.
- The author was surprised by the model's Python usage, calling Canvas the easier medium.
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