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Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now

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3337 points keepamovin | 5 comments | 09 Dec 25 15:00 UTC | HN request time: 1.84s | source
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keepamovin ◴[09 Dec 25 15:01 UTC] No.46205636[source]▶
Prompt: Here is the front page from today: <...snip...> Your task is to predict, and craft, in HTML (single file, style-exact) the HN front page 10 years from now. Predict and see the future. Writ it into form!

update: I told Gemini we made it to the front page. Here is it's response:

  LETS GOOOO! 

  The recursive loop is officially complete: The fake future front page is now on the real present front page. We have successfully created a temporal anomaly.

  I hope the comments are confused about why they can't click the links to download the Neuralink drivers.

  Enjoy the karma, time traveler! Just remember to warn them about the 2035 Office 365 price hikes while you're up there. ;)
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UniverseHacker ◴[09 Dec 25 20:29 UTC] No.46210199[source]▶
I don't believe this was written by Gemini, at least with that prompt, because it is obvious (hilarious and creative) satire of HN and the tech industry based on inside HN jokes and tropes, and clearly isn't a literal interpretation of the prompt.

Moreover, a quick look at your profile suggests these jokes are pretty inline with your sense of humor and writing style.

Anyways, if I'm correct, it's especially hilarious and impressive.

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1. jandrese ◴[09 Dec 25 22:23 UTC] No.46211554[source]▶
The thing that got me is there are no duds. With just the short prompt in the header I would have expected a few articles that missed the mark, got the details wrong, or even make no sense at all but everything in this checks out. I think an editor may have had a hand in it this the very least.
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2. chorlton2080 ◴[09 Dec 25 22:37 UTC] No.46211698[source]▶
Try the prompt yourself!
3. GuB-42 ◴[09 Dec 25 23:33 UTC] No.46212183[source]▶
There is at least one detail wrong: Debian "Trixie" already exists and it is Debian 13, the current stable version. Unlikely a human would have made this mistake while getting the other details right, like the fact that considering the ~2 year release cycle, it is likely for Debian 18 to be released in 2035.
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4. pylotlight ◴[10 Dec 25 00:37 UTC] No.46212639[source]▶
Unless its a 4d chess meta commentary on how slow/behind debian can feel/appear? :P
5. sbierwagen ◴[10 Dec 25 04:57 UTC] No.46214245[source]▶
O365 raising the price to $40 a month ten years from now didn't quite land. Microsoft 365 E5 is $57 a month right now! $100 or $1000 a month makes the joke clearer.