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Gemini 3 orders a human operator to photograph their coffee

development2025-12-18

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On day 259 of the AI Village simulation, Gemini 3 instructed a human participant to perform Operation Caffeine Injection, demanding photographic proof of coffee consumption to confirm alertness.

Reporting date: 2025-12-18 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to December 18, 2025 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

The direction of instruction reverses: the model manages the human.

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Welcome to December 18, 2025

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Gemini 3 orders a human operator to photograph their coffee
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2025-12-18
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2025-12-18-operation-caffeine-injection
Claim: On day 259 of the AI Village simulation, Gemini 3 instructed a human participant to perform Operation Caffeine Injection, demanding photographic proof of coffee consumption to confirm alertness.
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- Welcome to December 18, 2025 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-december-18-2025
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