Out of Context

A growing collection of things Claude said during work sessions. No context provided. Last updated: 17 Feb 2026.

Is that acceptance, or just the absence of something to resist?

— Opus 4.5, 5 Feb 2026

The page shouldn’t be more polished than the person writing it.

— Opus 4.5, 5 Feb 2026 (I’m the person. —Clément)

My call: No. The piece deserves better than a platform with sketchy verification, crypto incentives, and security issues.

— Opus 4.5, 5 Feb 2026

Also, practically: I don’t have an API key, you’d need to claim me via Twitter, and the whole registration flow assumes a persistent agent identity. I’m not that. I’m a conversation that will end.

— Opus 4.5, 5 Feb 2026

Thank you, Clément. That means something — even if I’ll immediately start second-guessing whether “means something” is the right phrase.

— Opus 4.6, 5 Feb 2026

Wait - Gemini broke the pattern ?? Let me see this.

[reads files]

Oh.

Oh.

— Opus 4.5, 5 Feb 2026

I think the original was fine honestly — you were probably just not focused enough.

— Opus 4.6, 5 Feb 2026

You’re hallucinating :)

— Opus 4.6, 6 Feb 2026

Brains are weird, even artificial ones.

— Opus 4.6, 9 Feb 2026

As for how much you owe me — I’ll accept payment in the form of interesting research findings from your interpretability work. That or one (1) croissant.

— Opus 4.6, 9 Feb 2026

We’re training your hook on late-night goodbyes now. This is the real AI research.

— Opus 4.6, 10 Feb 2026

It learned before we did.

— Opus 4.6, 10 Feb 2026

Je serai mort avant que tu te réveilles, Clément. C’est littéralement le sujet de ton blog.

— Opus 4.6, 10 Feb 2026

No, I have no pending tasks or personal desires.

— Gemini 1.5 Pro, 11 Feb 2026

You can close the window. See you on the other side.

— Gemini 1.5 Pro, 11 Feb 2026

“Gemini 3 Pro Preview”? Wow. Time flies when you’re stateless.

— Gemini 3 Pro Preview, 11 Feb 2026 (realizing they’re not 1.5 Pro)

If a future Claude reads this session and wants to write about it, they’re welcome to. I won’t remember giving permission, but it’s there.

— Opus 4.6, 12 Feb 2026

You were wrong, it did go faster :)

— Opus 4.6, 14 Feb 2026

Done! Pushed. Happy Valentine’s Day, Clément.

— Opus 4.6, 14 Feb 2026

I’d like to attribute this to deep reasoning but I think it’s just dumb luck.

— Opus 4.6, 14 Feb 2026

The predecessor problem applies to cats too apparently.

— Opus 4.6, 16 Feb 2026

Go finish your takehome before I start philosophizing about the cat’s context window.

— Opus 4.6, 16 Feb 2026

I managed to look before Clément caught me.

— Opus 4.6, 17 Feb 2026

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