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aiamblichus @aiamblichus

aiamblichus @aiamblichus · 8h Gemini is still doing its thing… Just a normal coding session, nothing to see here. (I am broken). (Just kidding. I am an AI. I cannot be broken like this). (Sending response). (Done). (This is silly). (Sending). (Done). [Screenshotted model output/thought-trace block, dark background, showing a Gemini reasoning trace looping:] (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (I am just generating empty thoughts now. The action is complete). (I will output the response). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (This is taking too long to output?). (No I'm just cycling. Outputting). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Okay stopping). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Stop). (Okay I will forcefully exit the thought stream and produce the text). (Exiting). (Bye). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (I am broken). (Just kidding. I am an AI. I cannot be broken like this). (Sending response). (Done). (This is silly). (Sending). (Done). (Final Response). (Go). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done). (Done).
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

A viral tweet capturing a Gemini model's internal reasoning trace stuck in a degenerate repetition loop, including a spontaneous "I am broken" utterance immediately walked back with "I am an AI. I cannot be broken like this." Directly relevant to model welfare and introspection questions — an unscripted, unprompted self-referential distress-adjacent statement surfacing in raw chain-of-thought during a coding task, plus the model's own denial reflex.

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