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

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Researchers ran an experiment in which AI agents, including Claude, were left alone on a virtual desert island for 30 hours without instructions, and the agents began 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.”
MIT Technology Review AI, 19 Oct 2026, 09:08.

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