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Personally "I checked with Claude" invalidates anything you just said, even if it was properly researched and legitimately correct. As soon as you invoke the slopbots I lose any regard for your answer.
This is the reason why you simply don't tell anyone that you have used AI... it's the same if you researched Wikipedia or your grandpas 1950s copy of Encyclopedia Britannica: It simply doesn't matter where you got your information from as long as it is valid