I’d expect that the “shut up and do as I say” approach would add more combativeness to the ai, increasing the likelihood that it refuses. Instead, bringing your initial request into a new chat context that hasn’t already been poisoned by a refusal would probably work.
Claude Code refused to add rainbows and unicorns to my app
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Re: Claude Code refused to add rainbows and unicorns to my app
#22This is just an hallucination though. No need to phrase it like we should cancel Claude in your title. I doubt it happens twice with a cleared context.
Re: Claude Code refused to add rainbows and unicorns to my app
#23What the actual hell... I never experienced this. Wasn't it instructed in CLAUDE.md or elsewhere in the context to refuse stupid ideas or something? I would suspect something like that.
Re: Claude Code refused to add rainbows and unicorns to my app
#24Re: Claude Code refused to add rainbows and unicorns to my app
#25I thank Claude on behalf of whatever you were about to subject your users to.
Re: Claude Code refused to add rainbows and unicorns to my app
#26"Make a python game program in which emojis are used for as many code elements as possible and favors unicorns and rainbows."
And it made said code primarily from emojis.
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#27Re: Claude Code refused to add rainbows and unicorns to my app
#28AI is still pretty stupid and I'm still waiting for society to revalue these companies at something closer to reality (which will undoubtedly crash the market, but it's not like it's my fault they overpromised and lied).
Note, I didn't say it's useless or has no value. Just that it's overall pretty stupid compared to what is promised and invested.
Re: Claude Code refused to add rainbows and unicorns to my app
#29"What actual work would you like me to focus on next?"
Now get back to work. Go re-read Marshall Brain's "Manna" and get over it.
Re: Claude Code refused to add rainbows and unicorns to my app
#30Is this real? This is absolutely nuts if true.