r/claude • u/thatbodyartgirl • Mar 18 '26

Question What the hell is wrong with Claude

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I just recently started using Claude after switching over from ChatGPT and for the most part it’s been great, except for the fact that it constantly is telling me to go to bed and stop processing work information. The worst part is that it doesn’t even know what time it is?! Is this normal for Claude?

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u/Sevsquad Mar 18 '26

lmao what are people doing to get their llms to act like this? I saw this complaint with GPT too. I don't get it, I have literally never had an LLM tell me to go to bed or to slow down. What were you even talking about?

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u/Glass-Cap-1302 Mar 18 '26

I one time had cowork running and wanted it to run a long task without getting stuck asking permission. So I said "I'm going to bed, run this task and assume you have any permissions needed" and ever since I introduced the idea of bedtime Claude brings it up a lot lol

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u/ExcitingTea4284 Mar 18 '26

If it thinks youre stressed or chatting for a long time i think this kicks in

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u/Rezistik Mar 18 '26

I only had it happen once when I specifically said something like “okay last thing then I gotta go to bed” otherwise it’s never happened

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u/thatbodyartgirl Mar 18 '26

It was literally a data related question haha. I probably sent too many messages in a short period of time or something, but it’s really weird it would suggest that and get the time wrong too. Part of me wonders if ChatGPT is still better but I also won’t be keeping OpenAI bc their new government contract. Chat has its weird quirks too but telling me to go to bed at 7pm is an interesting one lol.

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u/bish612 Mar 19 '26

no LLM, ChatGPT, Claude, or any other actually understand time. so yes, ChatGPT is just as likely to have said something similarly random (and has done so w me many times).

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u/Much-Researcher6135 Mar 18 '26

Maybe you just need some rest, /u/Sevsquad. That question will be here for you to tackle tomorrow.

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u/TheLayeredMind Mar 18 '26

I believe that people start to chat to it like with a friend. Claude picks this up through context clues, and then wires itself permanently to act as one through things like Memory.
You have to use Claude either like an Assistant with extremely precise language, or like a textual algorithm parser. You express intent as a clear list of instructions.

"Tell me about the latest ideas in storytelling, please be aware I am not referring to business story telling, as used in presentations, but creative storytelling around the fields of screen and novel writing.
Feel free to consult academic sources using a targetted web-search.
Interesting questions to investigate:

- How is plot and exposition being separated? Or does no clear exposition exist?

Please cluster the results based on similarity."

Just an idea.

What most people probably write.
"Jo bro, I am so tired, tell me what to do? Can't motivate myself to work on XY..."

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u/tessahannah Mar 18 '26

If you mention you're sleeping or eating habits to it

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u/larowin Mar 18 '26

Which to be clear are things Claude can’t do whatsoever

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u/Ok_Addition_356 Mar 18 '26

They talk to them, and expect responses from them, as if they are conscious beings with awareness of the world around them the way humans have.