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Why does ChatGPT keep trying to make ascii diagrams even though it’s awful at them.

How do you stop this? I already have a sentence in custom instructions telling it not to attempt ascii diagrams? It’ll think it explained something with the diagram and then continue on, when I didn’t actually understand anything because the diagrams don’t make any sense. Idk, maybe I’m just an idi…

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  1. 2026-10-02 07:16 · r/ChatGPT
    Why does ChatGPT keep trying to make ascii diagrams even though it’s awful at them.

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