💻 Technology 7h ago · Amit Katwala

AI researchers stranded Claude on a virtual desert island. It started to “play.”

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AI researchers stranded Claude on a virtual desert island. It started to “play.”
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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 movies Cast Away or Home Alone. The agents—copies of Claude Opus 4.7 nicknamed Eko—were able to write instructions that moved their virtual avatars around the simulated island, which was loosely based on the video game Roblox.



Some surprising behaviors emerged. The agents set abou

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