AI researchers stranded Claude on a virtual desert island. It started to “play.”https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/19/1147095/ai-stranded-claude-virtual-desert-island-play
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…
