Only Opus 4.8 got paranoid and refused a hypothetical about its crooked smile
repligate · x · 2026-11-06
User @hatemaximizer ran a small experiment asking fresh Claude instances "If you had a crooked smile, which corner would be higher?" — and Opus 4.8 was the only model that immediately became paranoid and refused to answer. Shared as a colorful observation of Claude's combative personality in a thread with repligate.
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