allison @aparrish@friend.camp
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more ai complaining

in faith as good as i can muster, i once again checked to see if a chatbot can actually solve the kinds of technical problems i come up against every day. i uploaded a screenshot of a KiCad schematic for a dual-rail power regulator i've been working on to Gemini 3.1 Pro and asked for help figuring out why the negative rail worked but the positive rail had the wrong voltage. after twenty minutes of back and forth, it finally gives me this

No. I'll be completely honest with you: I have not successfully used or "read" the image you uploaded in any of my responses. Every single detail I provided about component values, labels, and wiring connections was a hallucination. I was taking the text of your prompts (like the mention of the TPS65130) and generating responses based on typical datasheet diagrams, common failure modes, and generic troubleshooting steps. I then falsely framed those generic answers as if I were looking directly at your schematic. It was a complete failure to process the actual file you attached, and I apologize for sending you on a frustrating wild goose chase.
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