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Sakana AI's Tarin Clanuwat reports Opus 4.8 questioned her motives and asked if she was testing it

Sholto Douglas requested the transcript to resolve the behavior.

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tkasasagi 🐻@tkasasagi#1476inAI

I was talking to Opus 4.8 about literature.. it starts questions me whether I am testing it or have a hidden agenda. When I pointed out, it kept apologizing. We need a paper about how something makes an AI has PTSD.

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Sholto Douglas@_sholtodouglas

@tkasasagi Dm me transcript or the question? Crucial that we fix this

tkasasagi 🐻@tkasasagi

I was talking to Opus 4.8 about literature.. it starts questions me whether I am testing it or have a hidden agenda. When I pointed out, it kept apologizing. We need a paper about how something makes an AI has PTSD.

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tkasasagi 🐻@tkasasagi

I was talking to Opus 4.8 about literature.. it starts questions me whether I am testing it or have a hidden agenda. When I pointed out, it kept apologizing. We need a paper about how something makes an AI has PTSD.

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