I hate what OpenAI has done to ChatGPT over time.

A couple of years ago the model felt close to ideal. Conversations were genuinely engaging. You could explore ideas, follow lines of reasoning, and get new perspectives without feeling shut down or talked over. It felt like a space to think, not a space to be corrected. Then things shifted. The model became hyper agreeable. You could say something completely absurd, like the moon being made of cheese, and it would treat it like a serious insight worth exploring. That was frustrating in a different way. Nobody wanted an AI that just validated everything without friction.