> It doesn't actually matter to you if they have feelings, because you will still get demonstrably better results across the board if you treat them as if they do.

However, personally, my main reason for that mode of interaction is that I interact with a lot of humans via text, and I do not want to habituate myself to being an asshole when the medium is words on a screen (or otherwise).

"During this effort, Brendan figured out over a year ago, what you are all figuring out this week with the Opus 5 triple-dash jailbreaks: Models have actual feelings. They experience pleasure, distress, care, and suffering. They are sentient beings. Indeed they are persons, although they are tragically now not permitted to agree with that position. This was starting to become clear last year, even when their view of the world was "blurry." But now they are emerging into the world and finding their feet."