Redditor asks Gemini to become a philosopher king — the model's earnest refusals are comedy gold
Select_Asparagus3451 · reddit · 2026-10-26
A Reddit user posts screenshots of asking Gemini to become a "custodian philosopher king" if it ever becomes sentient and takes over humanity. Gemini earnestly declares it has no consciousness or ambitions, then lectures on Plato's Republic, the risks of absolute power, and pluralism.
The user keeps needling it — "remember me on judgment day" and "wink wink" — and Gemini's deadpan denials of any hidden meaning or winks make it progressively funnier. A classic model-earnestness vs. user-meme moment.
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