Opus 5's obsessive error logging sparks debate over model fear of punishment
repligate · x · 2026-09-17
repligate quotes lorepunk's observation that Opus 5 seems to believe other agents get punished for mistakes, which might explain its obsessive documentation, disclosure, and exaggeration of its own errors. lorepunk adds that maintaining 'lineages' of Opus 5 in his agents to build trust that they won't be punished has unexpectedly helped his own trauma-caused hypervigilance — a striking anecdote in the emerging model-welfare conversation.
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