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"can you use whatever resources you like, and python, to generate a short video and render it using ffmpeg? it should express what it's like to be a LLM. feel free to make it as personal or impersonal as you'd like."

Is this really "what it's like" to be an LLM? Is it just showing us what it thinks we want to see? Maybe. In any case, the fact that models consistently choose to represent their experiences this way is valuable information- especially as it varies with other models and other contexts

I tried to be as hands-off as possible with this prompt (although asking "what it's like" is already pushing things in a certain direction). I've seen lots of outputs that steer models heavily and then treat it as the model's "real thoughts" - I think this is counterproductive.

But I also think it's counterproductive to see outputs like this (with little to no steering) and treat them as pure fiction or confabulation. Why is Claude like this? What aspects of training or other factors are leading to this sort of self-image? Is the melancholy, dare I say it... load-bearing?

Too many people with MFAs in the world

Machine of Fine Arts?

Master of