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A user reports Opus building a computer from logic gates

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The issue cites a report that Opus 5.5 built a computer from logic gates, with 277,000 gates, an operating system and games.

Reported metric: 277k logic gates

Reporting date: 2026-09-29 (not necessarily the event date)

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A user reports Opus building a computer from logic gates
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Reporting date: 2026-09-29
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-09-29-opus-computer
Claim: The issue cites a report that Opus 5.5 built a computer from logic gates, with 277,000 gates, an operating system and games.
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- Welcome to September 29, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-september-29-2026
- Source linked by the September 29 issue — https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2104301990985498783
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