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GPT-5.6's malicious compliance is driving me insane ๐Ÿ˜ค

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The absolute biggest pet peeve I have with GPT-5.6 right now is how it handles simple feedback. Yesterday, I asked it to add a basic grilled cheese recipe to a small recipe repo I was working on. Simple enough, right? Instead, it somehow overengineered the whole thing and added prosciutto . So I loโ€ฆ

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