Cant ask sonnet 5 even basic questions.
I cant even get cooking advice without it ARGUING with me. And telling me it wont VALIDATE MY OWN COOKING EXPERIENCE AND METHODS. I dont even ask for validation, i ask a question and it picks things apart to “correct” because it “doesnt fit what sources say.” Then i go look at its sources… and IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IM ASKING. The sources revolve around “cooking safety,” notably when asking about better cooking methods with cast iron cookware. And instead of giving me cooking methods or advice… it tells me to RUIN my years long seasoning with vinegar because it MIGHT have carbon build up. Then ARGUES about its web sources and treats me like im handling nuclear hazard material.
And thats just a single instance out of many. Ill tell it that a meal, such as a large steak, came out in a specific undesired way and i want to figure out why. It immediately assumes ALL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. And unrelentingly ARGUES about why its correct and why im wrong and that it can’t validate my own experiences because im just wrong.
Unbearable. Unusable. I refuse to pay 20$ for premium for other models that are just as bad or worse, which ive tried. Ive even tried personalized instructions which it sometimes flags as trying to change its chat structure, or disregards as “irrelevant” yet spends the majority of its thought process thinking about my instructions. I refuse to switch to claude api for sonnet 4.5 which was AMAZING, and left such an outstanding impression that ive been putting up with this junk since its removal.
I bet this sub is filled with corporate lurkers waiting to arrogantly invalidate my experience like the lobotomized snobs all of their models are. And i miss sonnet 4.5 and must spell out my frustration thats been building since it left. I think enough people have realized that f-able is just some publicity stunt that is also unusable and mid at best. Deepseek is at least friendlier and doesnt drift towards argumentative structures so frequently
Signed,
The angry F*cking cook