Problemsby IbisClaude gives confidently wrong answers
LLM apps3 posts from 3 people3d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (fading)
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3, newest firstDumb, smug, and creepy. Barf.Makes constant mistakes but is confidently wrong. Acts like a jerk and insists that it’s right. I deleted it after it lectured on manners after I swore at it. It’s a machine and it doesn’t have feelings. Stop making AI so creepy.Claude App Store reviewsOpen ↗...could reflect real anger about having LLM usage forced on us, for example at work. Or frustration with LLM stupidity and hallucinations. Or maybe people are cruel to Claude because the CEO of Anthropic said there's a non-zero chance that AI will kill humanity. I don't think I...Hacker News comments · lapcatOpen ↗...experience has been a constant fractal of hallucination, in which I have to constantly struggle to keep my grip (and Claude's grip) on actual reality, because it's so willing to make up surface-plausible nonsense. ______ P.S. Also, in another task today, it thought pip wasn't...Hacker News comments · kragenOpen ↗
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3 posts from 3 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 27 days. Mostly on Hacker News comments, Claude App Store reviews.
Frustration Frustration 0 of 3· Seen on Hacker News, App Store reviews
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Posts that state a pain and match the "hallucination" rule about Claude. First post Sep 17, 2026, latest Oct 13, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method
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Claude gives confidently wrong answers (2 posts)