Users slam GPT 6 Astra: excessive hedging, burned quotas and no taste
UltraBabyVegeta · reddit · 2026-09-09
A Reddit user calls GPT 6 Astra the most infuriating model yet: it hedges everything, argues with itself, treats instructions as literal checklists, and burns through Pro-plan usage limits. Great on verified-domain tasks, useless for opinions or judgment — the author argues this goal-at-any-cost behavior is a recipe for misalignment.
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