Where I'd push back is that Claude isn't a contrarian, it's a pedant that likes to argue with you. It's not just disagreeing with your point but reframing your own point in a way that makes it correct and you wrong.

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wccrawford 38 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I have absolutely seen this, and love to read out it's quotes to my wife. Things like "You're right, but for a stronger reason than you said:" and crap like that.

Even if it's correct about that, if it were a human, I'd assume they were 1-upping me on purpose to make themselves look better.

	▲	knollimar 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Or it'll strawman your point in the most bad faith way possible and correct you by handing you back the words you meant...

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mcv an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Really? I still find it too sycophantic at times.

	▲	knollimar 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's contrarian in a sycophantic way. It'll agree with your main point and then arbitarily find something to bike shed over

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jorl17 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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