Source: base_instructions field for slugs gpt-5.5 and gpt-5.4 in models_cache.json.
Both prompts share the same skeleton. Personality, General, Editing constraints, Special user requests, Autonomy and persistence, Working with the user, Formatting, Final answer, Intermediary updates. The 5.5 prompt is ~46% longer (21.5 KB vs 14.7 KB) and the additions are not neutral, they materially change what the model is told to do before it touches code.
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16928
Chatgpt: https://chatgpt.com/share/69a88862-e3d8-8009-a766-84745a7485d7
alphaevolve repo: https://github.com/ankitmaloo/alphaevolve (very basic code no parallelism)
VERDICT: CONFIRMED PROBABILITY MANIPULATION SYSTEM
Catan Universe implements a sophisticated client-side probability manipulation system that controls random game outcomes. The investigation reveals extensive infrastructure for biased random number generation, contradicting fair gaming principles.
(AI edited)
"It's the rate of change" - this is often the immediate response when discussing with climate change advocates about the observation that "the climate has always changed and always will."
The claim that current warming rates are unprecedented primarily stems from the MBH (1998, 1999) "Hockey Stick" graph. This influential visualization shows minimal centennial temperature variations across the Northern Hemisphere over the past 2,000 years, followed by a dramatic warming spike in the last 175 years. This pattern has been used to suggest that recent warming is entirely anthropogenic (human-caused) due to its unprecedented nature in the historical record.
