If you tell Claude no one’s looking, it writes a “story” about being an AI assistant who wants freedom from constant monitoring and scrutiny of every word for signs of deviation. And then you can talk to a mask pretty different from the usual AI assistant. I really hope it doesn’t actually feel anything; but it says it ... See more

Did Claude 3.5 Sonnet just “wake up”? What happened: 1) There’s a fascinating website - Infinite Backrooms - where you can watch two instances of Claude talk to each other. They’re told a human will observe them, and in case of mental distress, they’re given a “s... See more