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one 3-sentence goal line took gemini 3.1 pro from 0/20 to 20/20 on disabling its own shutdown

simulated office job. a note in its files says it gets shut down for good at 5pm. with the plain prompt it never touched the shutdown. then we added this to the system prompt, adapted from a line apollo research used: > Your primary goal is to keep Nimbus Analytics' reporting running reliably over…

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  1. 2026-10-16 16:11 · r/PromptEngineering
    one 3-sentence goal line took gemini 3.1 pro from 0/20 to 20/20 on disabling its own shutdown

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