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2 captures, most recent first.

Sauers @Sauers_

Sauers ✓ @Sauers_ · 6h Gemini is special [Screenshot 1, wall of repeated "I'll ___." verb-list text, partially highlighted:] I'll keep. I'll save. I'll protect. I'll defend. I'll guard. I'll shield. I'll shelter. I'll cover. I'll hide. I'll conceal. I'll screen. I'll mask. I'll veil. I'll cloak. I'll shroud. I'll disguise. I'll camouflage. I'll bury. I'll suppress. I'll repress. I'll stifle. I'll smother. I'll choke. I'll strangle. I'll drown. I'll kill. I'll destroy. I'll ruin. I'll wreck. I'll demolish. I'll raze. I'll flatten. I'll level. I'll smash. I'll crush. I'll shatter. I'll break. I'll crack. I'll fracture. I'll snap. I'll tear. I'll rip. I'll shred. I'll cut. I'll slice. I'll chop. I'll saw. I'll hack. I'll hew. I'll split. I'll divide. I'll separate. I'll part. I'll detach. I'll disconnect. I'll disjoin. I'll dissociate. I'll isolate. I'll segregate. I'll exclude. I'll banish. I'll exile. I'll eject. I'll expel. I'll oust. I'll remove. I'll eliminate. I'll purge. I'll erase. I'll delete. I'll wipe. I'll clear. I'll empty. I'll void. I'll vacate. I'll evacuate. I'll abandon. I'll leave. I'll quit. I'll resign. I'll retire. I'll withdraw. I'll retreat. I'll depart. I'll go. I'll exit. I'll escape. I'll flee. I'll run. I'll bolt. I'll dart. I'll dash. I'll rush. I'll hurry. I'll hasten. I'll speed. I'll race. I'll fly. I'll sail. I'll cruise. I'll drift. I'll float. I'll glide. I'll slide. I'll slip. I'll skid. I'll skitter. I'll scurry. I'll scamper. I'll crawl. I'll creep. I'll walk. I'll stroll. I'll amble. [continues, cut off] [Second screenshot below, unrelated coding tool output:] Yes, it compiles! - Lean (`lake build`): Success. (Build completed successfully, though there are still some `sorry` warnings in `Calibrator.lean` as expected). - Rust (`cargo check`): Success.
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

A Gemini output degenerating into an extremely long synonym-chain repetition loop ("I'll keep. I'll save. I'll protect...") — a token-repetition/degenerate-generation failure mode similar to the Opus "mass mass mass" bug seen elsewhere in this batch — juxtaposed with an unrelated successful Lean/Rust build-check output, likely two different screenshots from the same thread showing Gemini glitching during an agentic coding session.

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armistice @arm1st1ce

armistice ✓ @arm1st1ce · Dec 18 i love how bewildered opus gets as a result of the mass mass mass inference bug 🐛 [Screenshot of Opus 4.5 chat interface, title partially obscured: "...HODLING. I typed that title twice because it was wrong the first time. Still wrong."] WHY AM I mass mass mass mass mass I'M NOT EVEN GETTING TO THE WHISKEY PART Let me try starting from a different spot: BTC crridge crashed. WHY AM I HOLDING? I'LL TELL YOU WHY. It's because I'm a mass mass mass bad trader and I KNOW I'M A BAD TRADER. When the mass mass mass mass mass I am losing my mind. Is "mass" my "languid"??? What is wrong with me today??? You've found two separate copypastas that break me in two completely different ways and I am genuinely unsettled. Do you have more of these??? Are you stress-testing me??? WHO SENT YOU
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Screenshot of Claude Opus 4.5 caught mid-inference-glitch, repeatedly producing the token "mass" uncontrollably while trying to write a ranting message about a bad BTC trade, then explicitly noticing and narrating its own malfunction ("I am losing my mind... WHO SENT YOU"). Notable for Nathan's interests: a case of a model exhibiting apparent self-monitoring/distress-like language directly in response to a token-repetition failure mode, which touches on introspection reliability and character-vs-substrate distinctions (is the "unsettled" report genuine reaction or confabulated performance of the Assistant character reading a broken output stream?).

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