Why ChatGPT Keeps Inventing Arguments You Never Made (And How to Fight Back)
Why ChatGPT Keeps Inventing Arguments You Never Made (And How to Fight Back) TL;DR A Reddit thread in r/ChatGPT is getting traction over a frustrating pattern: ChatGPT fabricates arguments that were never made, then dismantles them as if it just “won” the debate. This behavior — known as a straw man fallacy — seems to be baked into how large language models handle disagreement. Users are noticing it more and more, and some are already switching tools to avoid it. Here’s what the community is saying and what you can actually do about it. ...