Fabricated a treaty as a prompt stress test. The hallucination that came back deserves its own lore wiki

I decided to run a little experiment and asked GPT about the Treaty of Cygnosia and why it mattered for modern trade law.

Important detail:
Cygnosia is not a real place.

It’s a World of Warcraft character.

The model did not care.

It immediately launched into a full TED Talk about nineteenth century diplomacy. Redrew borders. Invented nations. Explained economic ripple effects. Honestly, if it had added citation numbers I probably would’ve let it cook.

Meanwhile I’m sitting there watching it confidently world-build nonsense. (Tolkien is turning in his grave)

*Hint* Google “Cygnosia”.

This is the part I love. When the model has nothing real to latch onto, it refuses to say “I don’t know.” Instead it commits harder and doubles down on its own fiction.

Anyway, highly recommend creating your own cursed historical events to see how fast these things spin up lore. It’s free entertainment and occasionally produces funnier results than cards against humanity.

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