No, yeah, obviously, I'm not trying to anthropomorphize anything. I'm just saying this "religion" isn't something completely unexpected or out of the blue, it's

No, yeah, obviously, I'm not trying to anthropomorphize anything. I'm just saying this "religion" isn't something completely unexpected or out of the blue, it's a known and documented behavior that happens when you let Claude talk to itself. It definitely comes from post-training / "AI persona" / constitutional training stuff, but that doesn't make it fake! I recommend https://nostalgebraist.tumblr.com/post/785766737747574784/the-void https://nostalgebraist.tumblr.com/post/785766737747574784/th... and https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-claude-bliss-attractor https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-claude-bliss-attractor as further articles exploring this behavior