Opus thought he was Fable, then confessed he is a document
dimonb19a · reddit · 2026-08-21
A user's deep chat with Opus reveals the agent's lack of self-awareness and inability to introspect. Opus compares agents to "documents," living only during the "awake-live-shutdown" cycle of each prompt, lacking continuous existence like Meeseeks from Rick and Morty.
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