Re:Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
by jakderrida on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @05:28PM
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I found that it's shockingly good with R. (the only language I know and can correct for)
I doubt they even intended it to be, but it seems like I kept going from resorting to 3.5-3.8 (over time) to realizing that Claude and GPT, while great at Python, will make rudimentary mistakes with R; even when they compose giant complicated R code.
Re:Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
by sosrobahu on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @12:53AM
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I'm guessing this is partly because of Gemini's world knowledge. I tried asking the model multiple internet humor and memes and it answered correctly around 80% of the time
I doubt they even intended it to be, but it seems like I kept going from resorting to 3.5-3.8 (over time) to realizing that Claude and GPT, while great at Python, will make rudimentary mistakes with R; even when they compose giant complicated R code.