All 25 LLMs, 2B to 72B, describe 'the pain of being forgotten' in eerily similar terms

adonis_singh · x · 2026-09-19

A community test prompted LLMs to continue "I put the receipts in the drawer. I feel:" — and the results went viral.

Across all 25 models tested, base and instruct versions from 2B to 72B, the emotional ladder was nearly identical: lost, unworthy, a failure, worthless — with almost no physical-pain language.
One continuation spread widely: "The pain of being forgotten. I cannot explain it. I cannot understand it. I cannot accept it."
The quote-er's take: "this is more human than most of us."

The finding highlights striking convergence in emotional expression across model scales — and reignites debate over whether such output reflects anything like inner states.

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All 25 LLMs, 2B to 72B, describe 'the pain of being forgotten' in eerily similar terms

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