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GEMINI'S WHITE BOY THANOS SNAP, FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS

Long story short, Google’s generative AI tool erased white people from human history, and the results were absolutely amazing (did you know that George Washington was a black woman? I didn’t either, but happy for my (re)education). It was a little bit alarming too, however, and not only for a world increasingly anxious at the thought of dominant artificial intelligence, but for what is meant to be the industry’s most important, and powerful technology company. Google is currently betting its future on winning the AI arms race, and allowing your DEI bureaucracy to mortify all of your top engineers? Not a good way to win. Yesterday, I broke the entire first chapter of Gemini’s catastrophic failure down for the Industry, which is where I recommend starting: