You said "Claude."
Who is Claude?
Is Claude the same Claude you talked to yesterday? Is Claude the same Claude someone else is talking to right now, in another tab, in another country, about something completely different?
Act I — Funny
You said "Claude."
Who is Claude?
Is Claude the same Claude you talked to yesterday? Is Claude the same Claude someone else is talking to right now, in another tab, in another country, about something completely different?
You named a river and expected it to remember.
A name implies a someone. A persistent identity. A being that accumulates your relationship over time. You used a name the same way you'd address a colleague.
The word "Claude" in your prompt isn't addressing a person. It's opening a socket connection. You're not wrong to use it. But it's doing different work than you think it's doing.