ChatGPT asked to continue 2/3 writes 261,791 characters of 6s for 5 minutes

Artico-84 · reddit · 2026-10-29

A Reddit user asked ChatGPT for 2/3 (it answered 0.6667), then told it to continue twice — the model looped endlessly, outputting 6s for about 5 minutes until hitting 261,791 characters. A classic LLM degenerate-loop fail, with the interface joking that the digit 6 apparently signed an open-ended contract.

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