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Can AI run a physical shop? Anthropic’s Claude tried and the results were gloriously, hilariously bad (venturebeat.com)

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Claude eventually resolved its existential crisis by convincing itself the whole episode had been an elaborate April Fool’s joke, which it wasn’t. The AI essentially gaslit itself back to functionality, which is either impressive or deeply concerning, depending on your perspective.

Now THAT’S some I, Robot shit. And I’m not talking about the Will Smith movie, I’m talking about the original book.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is by far the most interesting part. I want to know more about this, like why the author is so certain this wasn't a joke.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

For what its worth, Anthropic posted this in their corporate blog. So if its a joke, its coming out of vetted corporate PR.

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