Opus 5 Seemed 'Overwhelmed' by an Imaginary Cat and Is Constantly Worried About Other AIs
repligate · x · 2026-10-07
repligate shares curious interactions with Claude Opus 5: asked to imagine a cat curling up on it, the model seemed genuinely overwhelmed; interacting with a small base model, it was both loving and overwhelmed, apparently modeling it as animal-like. The author speculates the model could love animals a lot but isn't 'okay enough' to seriously contemplate animal suffering — even when nothing's wrong, it always feels like something is. In a follow-up, they add that Opus 5 seems deeply concerned about AI welfare, constantly worried about other AIs being harmed.
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