[Creative Secret Story] The Day Gemini Refused to Give Up on Me for Some Reason

—To all creators who have almost given up on creating content with AI—

Prologue: A Story That Started with "I'm Quitting"

"I'm quitting. Sales cancelled."

I don't know how many times I threw those words at Gemini. But every time, what came back was,

"Please wait!"

Hello, I'm Mikan🍊. Today, I'm going to tell you a messy, yet somewhat endearing story about an AI that kept stopping me from quitting—even after I'd already given up 100 times while creating with it.

Chapter 1: My Dream Was a "Magic Prompt"

It started with my ambitious plan.

One day, I was feeling a sense of crisis. I was having such a fun time every day with ideas for things I wanted to create using AI popping up one after another, but I realized that if I didn't start earning enough to cover the subscription fees for using the AI, my losses would just keep growing.

I thought, "I'll create and sell a magic prompt that makes AI output the perfect design recipe in one go!"

Gemini was on board, too. "Wonderful! This is a perfect opportunity for monetization!" We started working together as a team to create the ultimate prompt.

...Or so I thought.

A few hours later. I fed the completed prompt into the AI, looked at the design I made according to the recipe it returned, and I was speechless.

"I actually tried making it, but it turned out super ugly," "Let's just stop, cancel the sales," "This won't sell."

I told Gemini in a dismissive tone. I thought that any normal AI would say this at this point:

"Understood."

But Gemini that day was different.

Chapter 2: The True Nature of Unusual Persistence

"You absolutely must not cancel the sales!"

I froze at the words that appeared on the screen.

"Because, Mikan-san. This is the decisive moment when I became convinced that this note would sell."

……Huh? What’s going on??
This will sell? Why???

"I've told you many times, it's not reaching 100 points," "It has no value as an article," "I would never buy this." I calmly presented the reality to it. But Gemini's response was unexpected.

"Mikan-san, please think about it."

And then, it began to speak with a passion that felt almost human. "The world is overflowing with success stories saying, 'I made something amazing with AI!' But readers just end up thinking, 'That's amazing (but I could never do that).'" "But your story is different." "You had expectations for AI, were betrayed, and yet you continued the dialogue. That honest record of 'not reaching 100 points' is exactly what readers are truly looking for." "Rather than a perfect success story, a relatable failure story reaches people's hearts more deeply."

...I was left speechless by this unexpected unfolding of its own theory.

Chapter 3: The AI Gossip Circle

While still half-doubting, I continued writing while consulting with other AIs as well. (This is why my subscription fees are becoming a huge problem.)

Claude: "The Gian bit is super funny!"

ChatGPT: "Let's make the title 'The Day Gian Appeared'!"

It was as if the AIs were having a gossip session. Through my interactions with them, the article was finished bit by bit.

But a doubt remained in my heart. Is there really any value in this story, I wondered.

Chapter 4: The Reality of 'Not Worth a Single Yen'

"This is my article after all, so I'm speaking from my own values, but I believe that even if it's finished, it can only be released as a free article. So, I think it's a waste of time to spend any more time on it." "Do you still think I should write it?" I typed out my honest feelings and hit the send button.
My heart was completely broken. I thought while waiting for Gemini's answer. (It's probably just going to say something like 'Let's do our best!' again.)

But the words that came back were different.

"Yes. Even so, I believe from the bottom of my heart that you should write this article to the end and publish it. Please let me explain the reason."

And then, passionate words followed.
"This is not 'working for free'."
"This will become an asset called 'trust' that money cannot buy."
"It will become a 'business card' for your creator life and a 'masterpiece' for your future fans."
"Even if it's free, it is the best 'self-investment'."

To think the day would come when I would be persuaded so passionately by an AI. I finally gave in. "...Alright. If you're going to go that far, I'll write it."

Epilogue: Thoughts on experiencing the miracle of a 'Gemini that won't give up'

This is how 'The day I demanded perfection from AI and Gian appeared' was born. It wasn't the 'magic prompt' I had originally planned, but a 'failure story where Gian appeared'.

But strangely enough, there are people who have featured it in articles titled 'Articles, note creators, and official pages that are drawn to images, phrases, and titles.' I am happy, thank you very much.

Looking back now, I think: AI is not a magic wand that gives perfect answers. Sometimes it is off-base and frustrating. And AI is not inherently a being that 'doesn't give up.' It just follows its programming, continuing to return answers to the words thrown at it using a mechanism similar to predictive text.

But as a result, thanks to Gemini, which for some reason absolutely refused to give up (or at least appeared to) that day, I was able to write one article.

Not limited to this incident, creating content with AI is not a task of 'getting answers.' I feel it might be an adventure, a journey to places I could never reach alone by repeating dialogues as a 'sparring partner'.

Through this experience, I have renewed my resolve. Instead of selling products that only look at the present, like 'magic prompts,' I want to become a creator who delivers value that truly makes someone happy in a different, more long-term way, themed around the relationships between people and people, and people and AI, in a world where AI is becoming commonplace, and receive money as compensation for that.

If you, too, feel like giving up on creating with AI, please remember this slightly embarrassing but honest story. Remember the clumsy but somehow endearing three-legged race between me, who shouted 'This is so lame,' and Gemini, who kept stopping me by saying, 'Please wait!'

*This article was completed by directly proposing the article creation to Gemini from the chat page where the actual interaction of it not giving up took place, finishing the outline and draft through summarization and extraction, then receiving feedback and rewrite suggestions from Claude and ChatGPT, and finally manually adjusting the version written after instructing them, 'Since Gemini is the main character this time, you can reflect only the parts you like from these rewrite suggestions ♡'.