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Anecdote: A Redditor claims they can mentally simulate ChatGPT's reasoning process and predict its outputs

a16z's @alth0u compared the claim to memorizing a movie.

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Polymarket@Polymarket

JUST IN: Redditor claims he can now “use ChatGPT” in his head & accurately predict what it would say.

4:54 PM · Jun 10, 2026 · 1.4K Views
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Many users mocked the Redditor's claim of mentally simulating ChatGPT responses as an absurd self-report or sign of limited thinking, while a few saw potential interest in internalizing an AI perspective.

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There's no "I" in craftmanship@6851cf3c

@shortmagsmle I don't believe redditors can ever gain consciousness. God would not permit such a cruel joke.

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Chesty@ChestyPullerGst

@shortmagsmle It's reddit.

No one there thinks.

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Lee (Greater)@shortmagsmle

Accidentally re-inventing “thinking” from first principles

Polymarket@Polymarket

JUST IN: Redditor claims he can now “use ChatGPT” in his head & accurately predict what it would say.

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Sunset Rider@SunsetRiderx

@shortmagsmle To a redditor, unlocking the ability of “personal thought” is an accomplishment of monumental proportions.

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Rishi Jaguar@rishijaguar

@shortmagsmle No there’s actually something interesting here. They’ve internalized the AI’s frame of mind, in the same way you would a parent or friend. There’s n order effects from a large part of society internalizing same frame of mind. Accelerating the hive mind.

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shako@shakoistsLog

@alth0u

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Ace@AceORV

@shortmagsmle @TLEPaz The first redditor to unlock internal narrative/dialogue and the best they could compare it to is AI. Amazing self report.

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Ouroboros Fox@RickHernon

@shortmagsmle This sounds like a joke but what if this is the end result of LLMs... people relearning how to think for themselves? It would be the most ironic outcome and imo irony always wins...

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Average Frog@MidwitAnon

@shortmagsmle The redditors are becoming self-aware. Shut it down!!!

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sunshine ☀️ revival@SeanMombo

@shakoistsLog @alth0u i know every 4chan meme is lesser known yet wildly influential. but man this is one of the greats

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shako@shakoistsLog

@SeanMombo @alth0u kids today don’t know how to meme

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FemaleTesla@thereisnome369

@shortmagsmle It’s not just “thinking”, it’s an introject. Nothing abnormal though, just new that humans develop them of machines that only simulate human minds (but not surprising), instead of other actual human beings.

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Corn Sweat@TyroneJ22364206

@shortmagsmle @Babygravy9 A redditor would say this

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Bill Warner@Cincinnati_Son

@shortmagsmle @Babygravy9 Artificial intelligence was running on carbon circuits long before anyone put it on silicon.

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BADGRAPHIX@badgraphix

@shortmagsmle Going to start pitching to employers that I have an LLM in my head whose token usage comes free with my employment.

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Pimpjuice💤@RealGame101

No different than “imagine what I would do if I had 10x agency” then doing it

Good theory of mind exercise. But also parasocial AI syndrome

People build a sounding board of friends with varying opinions

Over time you can predict what your friends are going to say when you tell them things

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1.08@ArcanesValor

@alth0u Me and Diablo 1

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