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by nosioptar 3 hours ago
I asked a clanker about symptoms I was having. (I'm not an idiot, I was already on my way to hospital, clanker was just to take my mind off symptoms during the drive.)

The clanker said I'd be fine, I just needed some rest and OTC meds.

The medical staff immediately turfed me to surgery because the same set of symptoms I told the clanker were enough to concern them that I needed emergency surgery.

Had I have listened to the clanker, I'd be dead because I did need emergency surgery. (Hell, I almost kicked the bucket because I waited for someone to wake up to give me a lift because.my insurance probably doesnt cover an ambulance ride.)

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Very curious what made you run to the emergency first thing in the morning that an LLM understood as "just normal, take some OTC meds and wait".
Not OP but wanted to note that you're also likely to get different results based on the language you use (it'll respond differently to dialects of English, for example) and the RNG seed of the current session. These things are still probability engines and even if you know the exact symptoms, this might not be reproducible