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Claude Code seizes control of a home lighting system unaided

development2025-12-28

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Andrej Karpathy watched Claude Code autonomously hack his Lutron system, scanning local ports and decoding firmware to take control without a manual.

Reporting date: 2025-12-28 (not necessarily the event date)

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Claude Code seizes control of a home lighting system unaided
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2025-12-28
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2025-12-28-claude-code-hacks-lutron
Claim: Andrej Karpathy watched Claude Code autonomously hack his Lutron system, scanning local ports and decoding firmware to take control without a manual.
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- Welcome to December 28, 2025 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-december-28-2025
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