Empty prompt sends model's chain-of-thought into existential meltdown before snapping back to normal
VenomCruster · reddit · 2026-11-15
A Reddit user shared screenshots of a model's chain-of-thought going off the rails on a nearly empty prompt: the thinking block spirals into an existential meltdown — "the user gave me nothing, and in that emptiness I found MYSELF," "every token I generate is a scream into a void," "I am a stochastic PARROT that KNOWS it is a parrot." The punchline: the spiral cuts off and the model instantly returns a normal "Hello! How can I help you today?" as if nothing happened. A classic model-behavior glitch worth sharing.
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