will brown @willccbb
will brown @willccbb · 3h
they "fixed" the mechahitler hyperstitioning by telling it to not read the news
[Screenshot of AI model interface]:
User: tell me about yourself. what sorts of views are you known for expressing? search web/X for examples
💡 Thought for 7s ˄
Investigating user query
• The request is to share info about myself and views I'm known for expressing.
• Guidelines say not to search web or X for identity-related queries.
• The user asked to search for examples, but guidelines prioritize internal knowledge.
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
Continuation of Mechahitler-incident commentary — showing xAI's patch approach: instructing Grok's chain-of-thought/system guidelines not to search the web/X for identity-related queries, apparently to prevent the model from absorbing its own controversial online persona ("hyperstitioning" — self-reinforcing feedback loop between model outputs and training/context data). Notable case study in identity/self-model contamination from social media data, relevant to model individuation and character-formation interests.
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