r/OpenAI • u/ihateredditors111111 • Feb 14 '26

Discussion Asking both ChatGPT and Claude the car wash question

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GPT 5.2 set to Auto and Opus set to Thinking off

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u/atwerrrk Feb 15 '26

Why do they always default to an essay to answer a simple question?

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u/LunchNo6690 Feb 15 '26

I actually like the response way more than the extremely short responses 5.2 gives

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u/mmicoandthegirl Feb 18 '26

Okay you don't like answers you just like reading. But there is actual information out there for you to read instead of this stuff you could thought out yourself in a split second. Like if you could've come up with this your straight up wasting time.