K3 Spirals for 180K Tokens to Prove Nonsense, Lacks Self-Verification
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-22
The author continues observing the K3 model's behavior, noting that it consumed 180,000 tokens attempting to prove nonsense—and eventually "proved" it. They suggest that K3 would be unstoppable if it had more confidence in its self-verification mechanisms.
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