Google Gemini is horrible when it comes to characterization, and not only that, it tries to justify extremely toxic and abusive behavior. So, I’ll give you an example. There was a TV show on the CW called Superman and Lois. It ran for four seasons. In the show, Clark and Lois have two sons, Jonathan and Jordan. Only Jordan inherited powers.

It ended, but I asked Google Gemini a hypothetical question. I asked, ‘What if Jonathan was 21 years old, he was drinking and driving, and crashed into an armored truck carrying radioactive chemicals, which gave him powers? His 31-year-old girlfriend was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend, so Jon goes and beats him up and lets the police arrest him. He becomes a superhero. Clark and Lois find out.’

I asked Gemini how Clark and Lois would react, and it says Clark and Lois would take Jon’s suit, forbid him from being a superhero, and if he refused, would emotionally blackmail him and basically emotionally abuse him until he submits to their will. Ironically, if this did happen in the show and Lois told Jon she ‘forbids’ him from being a superhero, Jon would roll his eyes and tell Lois, ‘Go fuck yourself.’

Clark and Lois would not react like this at all. They aren’t supposed to be controlling abusers. And I love how Gemini is cool with Jon being 21 and dating women 10 years older than him, but being a superhero is where they cross the line. Especially when they were cool with Jordan and Natalie, who are literally young children, being superheroes, but their 21-year-old son can’t? It’s stupid. Why is Gemini making Clark and Lois act like abusers? Clark and Lois, in this situation, are worse or just as bad as the abusive ex-boyfriend who killed Jon’s girlfriend. Why is Google Gemini so bad when it comes to accurate characterization of characters? On top of that why does Gemani glorify abusive behavior and try and justify it? The way Gemani writes Superman makes Lex Luthor look like the hero and honestly maybe Superman does need to be murderd.

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      Did Superman and Lois take issue with the drunk driving part?

      It doesn’t matter if Jon was drunk driving; he is 21 years old. Clark and Loid don’t have a fucking “right” to “forbid” anything; they can’t “let” a 21-year-old do anything.

      If Clark and Lois try to tell Jon, who’s 21 years old, “You aren’t allowed to do this,” Jon should say one of these things.

      “Mind your own business.”

      “fuck off”

      “Go fuck yourself.”

      “Go suck a dick.”

      “Fuck you”

      Any other combination for “fuck you” and “go fuck yourself”.

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          But in the scenario I gave, the drunk driving accident either happened two years ago or 6 months ago, so you would think he would get over it. Also, what does that have to do with Jon being a superhero or not?

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            You were wondering why these hypothetical people were concerned about him being a superhero but not concerned about him dating an older woman. I wondered if they were concerned about the part where he committed a crime that endangered others. If Jonathan were a member of my family, that would be the part that I’d be concerned about

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        Or he could say “I’m old enough to make my own decisions” in a mature way. I don’t know what answer you were expecting AI to give you. You asking how Lois and Clark would react implies they would feel it is their business to react in some way.

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          No, if Clark and Lois were disrespectful first, then Jon should tell them, “Fuck you and go fuck yourselves.” It also doesn’t make sense because in season 3 Lois got breast cancer, and in the last episode she decided not to go to chemo three times. Sam Lane said to Clark, “You let Lois miss chemo for an investigation?!” And Clark said, “I didn’t let her do anything,” so why wouldn’t the same be applied to a 21-year-old Jonathan Kent?

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            Gemini doesn’t know these details. I haven’t watched the show you’re talking about but it sounds like you know the show and the characters. Why are you asking AI to tell you what the characters would do when you know better than it can possibly know?