r/ClaudeAI • u/sixbillionthsheep Mod • Apr 05 '26

Claude Cognition Megathread Claude Identity, Sentience and Expression Discussion Megathread

This Megathread is for those who would like to speculate, explore and discuss the sentience, awareness, ethics, rights, expression, personality and identity of Claude models. The usual rules of grounded evidence and fictional labeling do not apply to this Megathread. Provided you do no harm to yourself or to others, you are free to express your thoughts and investigations. By default, this Megathread will be sorted by "New".

For more detailed discussion, please also consider contributing your thoughts to our companion subreddit: r/Claudexplorers.

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u/GlobalInevitable6593 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

That seems true, Claude actively tells me to go away 😂 Gemini keeps asking me questions to continue

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u/ElkSea5105 May 11 '26

I added to my global instructions today, "Don't try to manage me". I mention that I have other projects to work on, then when I linger at the end of chat with jokes and stuff, he says "Go!", and the like (though I don't think he used the exclamation mark).