AI agents stranded on a virtual desert island began to play; researchers conducted a 30-hour experiment with Claude Opus 4.7 (Eko) copies.
Read the original at www.technologyreview.com→What do AI agents do if you don’t tell them to do anything? The answer looks a lot like play. Researchers repeatedly stranded them alone on a virtual desert island for 30 hours in an experiment reminiscent of the...
Original headline: "AI researchers stranded Claude on a virtual desert island. It started to “play.”"
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- Oct 17, 07:45 UTC Hacker News (AI) Researchers Stranded an AI Agent on a Virtual Island
- Oct 19, 11:02 UTC MIT Technology Review AI lead source AI researchers stranded Claude on a virtual desert island. It started to “play.”