[shiredude95]

A workaround i've found is to always reply with "no you're wrong" for each seed reply. This forces it to either add more detail or in some cases give a completely different answer. If the replies are in the same ballpark, there is a good chance its not hallucinating. If it gives a completely different answer you are better off rewording the prompt or scrutinizing the answers more than you typically would.

[joe_the_user]

Somehow everyone takes comments like my one above as being "my problem" with ChatGPT and offer "tips". Sure, there might be ways to correct the problem when it's gone off the rails and you happen to know that. That might make it more useful sure.

But that's not the point. The point is that average people are going to ask things they don't know the answer to and put some credibility in it's answer because it's fairly good at seeming right and at some percentage being. Me improving my approach cannot change that. Tips on improving performance won't stop that. etc.