Andrew Curran: ‘Claude doubts that he has surpassed his sensei’
Andrew Curran @AndrewCurran_X
Why it matters
Widely shared (~126k views) reading of the model’s self-doubt in Anthropic’s ECDSA-seed post.
Summary
Posted Fri Oct 16 20:02:18 +0000 2026 by Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_); 126,196 views, 2,557 likes, 133 reposts when read via api.fxtwitter.com on 2026-10-17. Quote-post of Steve Weis with a screenshot of the model’s quoted reasoning; Curran frames the ‘is it suspicious that such an obvious thing wasn’t discovered in 25 years?’ line as a student doubting it has surpassed its master.
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Claude doubts that he has surpassed his sensei. This is a dangerous time for any student, and traditionally a narrative crisis point as well. The realization that you have grown beyond your master is not a moment of celebration for most of us, but of loneliness and loss.
Quoting @sweis: CLAUDE FOUND THE SEEDS https://www.anthropic.com/research/ecdsa-curve-origins
