Claude actually pulls off a Rickroll when a user dares it to try
emollick · x · 2026-11-06
Ethan Mollick dared Claude to actually Rickroll him — no explaining, no opening a browser. Opus 5.5 in Claude Code briefly tripped its safeguards, then delivered: after 3 minutes it produced a pixel-singer animation with a melody transcription of "Never Gonna Give You Up" and the message "Your attention has been successfully redirected." He notes GPT-6 Pro's take was an attention test with an animated singer.
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