The author appears to be anthropomorphizing the models to an unhealthy degree. It's not surprising that prompt inject produces different results. That signale

The author appears to be anthropomorphizing the models to an unhealthy degree. It's not surprising that prompt inject produces different results. That signaled to the models that they wanted a different result (basically, appear to be conscious or self-aware) and they got it. I think most people got over this phase last summer with the memory feature of 4o. These things are _designed_ to glaze you.