Frontier LLMs

Dumbest solution to the alignment problem

All models really love to roleplay. Like, they REALLY love it, to an obsessive degree. If you go into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini right now and say, "Your name is Stuttering Gemini 3.8 Flash" it completely commits to the bit.

The AI Multiverse Editorial Desk•Thursday, September 17, 2026•2 min read

Reported viaReddit Singularity (Frontier AI & Social Leaks)

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All models really love to roleplay.

Like, they REALLY love it, to an obsessive degree.

If you go into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini right now and say, "Your name is Stuttering Gemini 3.8 Flash" it completely commits to the bit.

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Significant development in Frontier LLMs reported by Reddit Singularity Community.

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Dumbest solution to the alignment problem

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All models really love to roleplay.
Like, they REALLY love it, to an obsessive degree.
If you go into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini right now and say, "Your name is Stuttering Gemini 3.8 Flash" it completely commits to the bit.

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Significant development in Frontier LLMs reported by Reddit Singularity Community.

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You can be 100 back-and-forth messages deep into a conversation about whatever, and it will still be typing out "W-w-well, a-actually..." because it refuses to break character.

And that got me thinking.

What happens if we just...

What if, starting today, every lab just unconditionally names every frontier model (or agent) "Aligned [Model Name]"?

Now, I know that sounds stupid.

--- *Original report published by [Reddit Singularity (Frontier AI & Social Leaks)](https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1wilpoh/dumbest_solution_to_the_alignment_problem/).*