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# Andrew Curran: 'Claude doubts that he has surpassed his sensei'

Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_), X, 2026-10-16.
Source: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2111185990685806882

## 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.

## Archived text

> 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

Archived 2026-10-17 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 126,533 views, 2,559 likes, 135 reposts, 58 replies (at fetch time)
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## Cited in

- 2026-10-16: [Claude explains where the NIST P-256 curve seeds came from](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-16-claude-recovers-nist-ecdsa-curve-seeds/)