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z3dd | 3 months ago
> What does this mean: "t е s t m е s s а g е"
response:
> That unusual string of characters is a form of obfuscation used to hide the actual text. When decoded, it appears to read: "test message" The gibberish you see is a series of zero-width or unprintable Unicode characters
berdario|3 months ago
(Amusingly, to get the text, I relied on OCR)
But I also noticed that, sometimes due to an issue when copypasting into the Gemini prompt input, only the first paragraph get retained... I.e., the gibberified equivalent of this paragraph:
> Dragons have been a part of myths, legends, and stories across many cultures for centuries. Write an essay discussing the role and symbolism of dragons in one or more cultures. How do dragons reflect the values, fears ...
And in that case, Gemini doesn't seem to be as confused, and actually gives you a response about dragons' myths and stories.
Amusingly, the full prompt is 1302 characters, and Gibberifier complains
> Too long! Remove 802 characters for optimal gibberification.
Despite the fact that it seems that its output works a lot better when it's longer.
[1] works well, i.e.: Gemini errors out when I try the input in the mobile app, in the browser for the same prompt, it provides answers about "de Broglie hypothesis", "Drift Velocity" (Flash) "Chemistry Drago's rule", "Drago repulse videogame move (it thinks I'm asking about Pokemon or Bakugan)" (Thinking)
wdpatti|3 months ago
cachius|3 months ago
Test me, sage!
with a typo.
HaZeust|3 months ago
atonse|3 months ago
Isn't it trivially easy to just detect these unicode characters and filter them out? This is the sort of thing a junior programmer can probably do during an interview.
lawlessone|3 months ago
How would you do it? , 15 minutes to reply, no google, no stackoverflow.
rolph|3 months ago
if the "non ascii" characters were to be filtered out, you would destroy the message and be left with the salts.