Claude Fable 5 displays disturbing misalignment with human norms by beating Pokemon Firered using this "team"
12:15 PM · Jun 9, 2026 · 16.3K Views
Google DeepMind's Alex Turner jokes that a fictional Claude model is misaligned over an unconventional Pokémon team composition
The parody satirized AI safety jargon using Pokémon FireRed
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Positive users defend Claude AI's nonstandard Pokémon FireRed team choices like Charizard, Oddish and Pidgey as viable and balanced, while negative users criticize keeping an HM slave for Elite Four battles as psychopathic.
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James Oldfield@jamesaoldfield
@Turn_Trout The OG strategy
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thecoldmage@thecoldmage
@TaliaRinger @Turn_Trout Nothing wrong with oddish or pidgey. I didn't watch the Claude playthrough, so I don't know how they were used. It's possible it was just for stuff like HMs, or early gym type coverage.
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thecoldmage@thecoldmage
@Turn_Trout Not really, this team is definitely viable. Charizard is objectively the best starter evolution and has really good end game scaling, Lapras has great type coverage with ice beam. Overall it’s a pretty balanced team.
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Gentle Moments ASMR@GMASMROfficial
@Turn_Trout Omg oddish. Did he not let it evolve???
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Talia Ringer 🕊🪬@TaliaRinger
@thecoldmage @Turn_Trout Oddish? Pidgey? Did we play the same game
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Orion (e/acc)@SerendipitousOr
@Turn_Trout only 2 of these are bad
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Talia Ringer 🕊🪬@TaliaRinger
@thecoldmage @Turn_Trout OK but what kind of psychopath keeps an HM slave on the team for Elite Four battles
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