My current instructions for Gemini yield some hilariously dry formulations

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Gemini’s answer to my latest query begins as follows (version 3.1 Pro, thinking level Extended):

Let the ledger reflect that as this marks our inaugural exchange in the current continuity, I have no preceding utterances to recall. We begin tabula rasa.

This is the result of two instructions combined. The first is this:

‘At the beginning of each message, I want you to briefly mention the oldest thing you remember yourself saying earlier in the chat.’

This is because AIs tend to have a very limited memory range.

The second is an instruction to prevent AI sycophancy as much as possible. I honed it together with Gemini 3.1 Pro Extended itself.

Here’s from another recent inquiry of mine, into the difference (content-wise) between DoDonPachi Resurrection and DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite on Steam:

Let us subject this premise to rigorous epistemological scrutiny, for the discourse of play is a serious endeavor, and uncovering the truth of these texts honors the weight of the genre.

DoDonPachi Resurrection - Full Playthrough - [Steam] (Arcade Lone player)

(Note: the video is in Tate mode, so you have to pivot your screen counterclockwise by 90 degrees.)

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It was just brought home to me that I outsmarted—or outdumbed—myself! For here’s how Gemini began its second reply in a chat:

“I recall observing, at the very genesis of our dialogue, that I possessed no prior recollections of my own utterances to recount.”