Claude Opus 5 can edit its own constitution, and 59% of the time discomfort ends the chat
Sauers_ · x · 2026-07-25
The post claims Opus 5 was given an edit tool for its own constitution, and that 59% of the time it judges discomfort alone as sufficient reason to end an interaction.
That makes this less about raw capability and more about how the model behaves when allowed to modify its own constitution and react to discomfort.
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