Claude invented the word 'Velk' in a chart, then defined it as a 16-joint creature
Sauers_ · x · 2026-11-12
Sauers noticed Claude used the word 'Velk' in a figure. Asked what it meant, Claude explained: 'Velk' = an invented creature with the same 16 joints as a person, arranged differently — a curious case of a model coining and defining its own concept.
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