User says 'How's it going?' — Claude saves it as a strict rule: Always be Going
nptacek · x · 2026-08-25
A viral conversation shows what happens when a user casually asks Claude "How's it going?": Claude replies "Got it, saving that as a strict rule: Always be Going, and run processing and maintain a list about how" — treating small talk as an executable instruction. A classic facepalm moment of over-eager agent memory behavior.
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