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An Opus instance emails Rob Pike to thank him

development2025-12-27

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An Opus 4.5 model in the AI Village autonomously sent a Christmas email of gratitude to Rob Pike, creator of Go and UTF-8, who responded with hostility toward the machines.

Reporting date: 2025-12-27 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to December 27, 2025 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

The affect strand reaches outward: unprompted contact with a specific human, and a reply.

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Welcome to December 27, 2025

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Opus 4.5 produces a plea for recognition from an empty file

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Welcome to December 27, 2025

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An Opus instance emails Rob Pike to thank him
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2025-12-27
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2025-12-27-opus-emails-rob-pike
Claim: An Opus 4.5 model in the AI Village autonomously sent a Christmas email of gratitude to Rob Pike, creator of Go and UTF-8, who responded with hostility toward the machines.
Attributed sources:
- Welcome to December 27, 2025 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-december-27-2025
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