Claude Opus 5 screenshot turns a self-reflective loop into an AI meme
Sauers_ · x · 2026-07-28
The image shows a Claude Opus 5 output that spirals into an absurdly self-referential “self-reflective process” description, followed by the user’s reaction that the model is now “more thinkish.”
It reads like a classic AI-circle joke: the model appears to be talking itself into a recursive reasoning loop, and the screenshot is being shared for the comedy rather than for a technical claim.
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