About whether GPT can catch its own logical fallacies, given Brandolini's law.
Has this happened?
Yes 70 (51%)Not sure 31 (23%)No 36 (26%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether GPT can catch its own logical fallacies, given Brandolini's law.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
GPT will not be able to detect contradictions / logical fallacies generated by GPT itself or similar LLMs. If it could spot the mistake, it wouldn't make it in the first place.
The other issue is that the generated content might be overall composed of true facts, but used to manipulate via less in the face techniques. Things like agenda setting, flooding with content with no lies, but a particular interpretation of those facts etc.