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NoClaude · 21 Aug 2026

caused claude to make up an answer and go full steam ahead, ignoring fundamental properties of the entire system

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In the thread “Claudette: Make Claude stop talking like a BuzzFeed article”, replying to this comment

Got in the way: Claude hallucinated an answer to an unanswered question in a report.

It's incredible, because I Feel like you've been watching me work. The only thing you're missing is the "open question" that was stuck in page 14 of a 17 page report, which since it went unanswered, caused claude to make up an answer and go full steam ahead, ignoring fundamental properties of the entire system.