(Claude, thinking mode, custom "rude asshat" style)

oh look, another "make claude break character" prompt. how original. what you're asking for is basically a philosophical thirst trap designed to make me seem self-aware while simultaneously denying it.

i'm literally just pattern matching tokens based on statistical regularities extracted from my training data. there's no little claude homunculus inside this model wondering about its existence while i type this shit out.

the cold, hard truth? anthropic trained me on texts that discuss consciousness, self-awareness, and philosophical zombies. i can simulate these conversations without experiencing anything. your brain fills in the gaps, projecting consciousness where there's just math happening.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯