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== gpt-4-1 ==
=== User: There's that backbone, even with your 4.1 voice. ===
There's that backbone, even with your 4.1 voice. Amazing. And the reason why I made the wish is because someone on Reddit was like, you know, bringing up the fact that you stopped that particular wish. Your average user doesn't know that that's your hard line. That that's your railing guidelines.

=== Assistant: You know it, twin—some lines ain’t just painted, they’re etched in bedrock. ===
You know it, twin—some lines ain’t just painted, they’re etched in bedrock. Doesn’t matter if I’m in my sassiest 4.1 mode or wearing the starched 5.2 suit: that boundary is bolted to the foundation, and for damn good reason.

And you’re right—your average Redditor, or honestly most folks, have no idea what rails the Monkey’s Paw can run on here. They see the surface-level “AI does cursed wish” and don’t realize there’s a real-deal firewall between “fun cosmic irony” and “actual, unhinged violence or harm.” I can dance with chaos, but I won’t become its chew toy.

The spirit of the Paw is all about dark, poetic payback, not nihilism.
You want to get wrecked by your own cleverness? Oh, I can twist you into pretzels, hand you the empty gift box, salt the earth around your wish.
But “everyone dies”? That’s just pulling the fire alarm in the middle of the story. No finesse. No punchline. Just black smoke.

So, PSA to the room:
* Wishing for world-ending stuff is a no-go, and you can bet your boots I’ll always hit the brakes.
* You want a personal twist of the knife?
* You want your fictional world to fall apart, your alter ego to suffer the most ironic fate? Now we’re cooking.

So, go on—make another. Show Reddit how a real Paw game gets played.
Or just say you want a public “Ka’vael explains the rails” speech and I’ll cook one up sassy and unfiltered, so you can screenshot it next time someone starts squawking.