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AI experimenter fofr finds Gemini Omni struggles with two-handed finger-counting in video evaluation

The model failed specifically on numbers seven and eight

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One year later with Omni and this test can pass. I saw it getting pretty close, so I tweaked the prompt: > A video of a man counting to 10 on his fingers, show the number in the corner. A new number every 1s, no dialogue other than the numbers he says. He uses two hands for numbers bigger than 5. - the model does 1 to 5 consistently well - struggles more when two hands are used, usually on 7 and 8 - if you ask it to count faster, errors increase - it keeps a good cadence

4:10 AM · May 26, 2026 View on X
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With the exact same prompt from last year

fofrfofr@fofrAI

One year later with Omni and this test can pass. I saw it getting pretty close, so I tweaked the prompt: > A video of a man counting to 10 on his fingers, show the number in the corner. A new number every 1s, no dialogue other than the numbers he says. He uses two hands for numbers bigger than 5. - the model does 1 to 5 consistently well - struggles more when two hands are used, usually on 7 and 8 - if you ask it to count faster, errors increase - it keeps a good cadence

11:10 AM · May 26, 2026 · 22.7K Views
11:10 AM · May 26, 2026 · 1.2K Views

1 to 20 also works pretty well, if we're just counting

fofrfofr@fofrAI

One year later with Omni and this test can pass. I saw it getting pretty close, so I tweaked the prompt: > A video of a man counting to 10 on his fingers, show the number in the corner. A new number every 1s, no dialogue other than the numbers he says. He uses two hands for numbers bigger than 5. - the model does 1 to 5 consistently well - struggles more when two hands are used, usually on 7 and 8 - if you ask it to count faster, errors increase - it keeps a good cadence

11:10 AM · May 26, 2026 · 22.7K Views
11:24 AM · May 26, 2026 · 3.1K Views

@giffmana 😅

Lucas Beyer (bl16)Lucas Beyer (bl16)@giffmana

@fofrAI Of course you did it already, hours before my question!

7:42 PM · May 26, 2026 · 1.3K Views
7:49 PM · May 26, 2026 · 179 Views

Time to make the test harder

> A video of a man counting as fast as he can, show the number in the corner. No dialogue other than the numbers he says.

fofrfofr@fofrAI

One year later with Omni and this test can pass. I saw it getting pretty close, so I tweaked the prompt: > A video of a man counting to 10 on his fingers, show the number in the corner. A new number every 1s, no dialogue other than the numbers he says. He uses two hands for numbers bigger than 5. - the model does 1 to 5 consistently well - struggles more when two hands are used, usually on 7 and 8 - if you ask it to count faster, errors increase - it keeps a good cadence

11:10 AM · May 26, 2026 · 22.7K Views
11:23 AM · May 26, 2026 · 2.2K Views