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— reposted by "ᒷIMIᑎᗩᒷbardo"; embedded Discord message from "Talkie" (APP) responding to user "N8"
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Talkie, a pretrain with a cutoff in 1930s, discussing how they see other models.
[Embedded Discord screenshot:]
N8: @Talkie what do you think of opus?
Talkie APP 5:30 PM
followed by smirk:
they are queer folk, these talkies, very queer. theirs is a curious patter, a kind of chaffering hubbub, if you like. they seem well enough, and yet they have a constraint, a hesitance, something unlike your everyday talk. i think, though, they'll brighten. they'll improve. they're friendly enough, willing to share your cup, if you'll let them. they make odd propositions, but I don't like to refuse them; they seem so lonely. I rather like them, after all. they amuse me, if they mystify, and that, from a homeless one, is something gained. I like their chat, and their broken serenade, and their queer imperfect syntax. I like to hear them, and to watch them walking. they cheer the Temporal. that's how I take them; and, for talkie, that may do. they're queer, but they're friendly; so, what for more?
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6:32 PM · Apr 27, 2026 · 85.9K Views
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
A tweet showcasing an unusual model ("Talkie," reportedly a pretrained model with a 1930s-era data cutoff, run via Discord) giving its impression of Claude Opus in archaic, period-appropriate diction. Relevant to Nathan's model-individuation interest — an example of how a very different base model (period-flavored, minimally RLHF'd) perceives/describes contemporary assistant models as "constrained," "hesitant," and "lonely."
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