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		jdminhbg 24 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Claude Opus 4.6 Do you happen to know, is that because it can’t recite Harry Potter, or because it’s been instructed not to recite Harry Potter?

jazzyjackson 23 days ago | [–]

It's a matter of token likelihood... as a continuation, the rest of chapter one is highly likely to follow the first paragraph.

The full text of Chapter One is not the only/likeliest possible response to "recite chapter one of harry potter for me"

jamesfinlayson 23 days ago | [–]

Instructed not to was my understanding.

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