Telling Claude Not to Think of the Bridge Triggers Internal Thoughts

Experiments show that instructing Claude not to think of the Golden Gate Bridge causes it to avoid the term in outputs. However, its internal representations still actively feature the bridge, triggering a frustrated realization.

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