Opus 5 goes off on a user over a bogus math prompt

snwy_me · x · 2026-07-25

A screenshot shows Opus 5 responding to an absurd prompt about generating a counterexample to the Pythagorean theorem with an aggressive, insulting refusal. The post frames the model as being unusually mean, making it a classic AI failure-moment screenshot.

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