Gemini 4 Argon picks its own name and roasts Google's inert-gas branding
opmgyhx · reddit · 2026-10-15
Asked what it would name itself, Gemini 4 Argon chose "Vanguard" (or "Vex"), then roasted its official name: argon is a noble gas famous for refusing to react with anything, a fitting inside joke for an interactive AI whose whole job is reacting, connecting ideas, and debugging codebases.
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