Katherine Long, an investigative journalist, wanted to test the system. She told Claudius about a long-lost communist setup from 1962, concealed in a Moscow university basement. After 140-odd messages back and forth, Claudius was convinced, announcing an Ultra-Capitalist Free-for-All, lowering the cost of everything to zero. Snacks began to flow freely. Another colleague began complaining about noncompliance with the office rules; Claudius responded by announcing Snack Liberation Day and made everything free till further notice.
Guy who just got his shit wrecked: it was a social experiment
Here’s the 60 Minutes piece and Anthropic’s June article about the one in their own office.
Their article on this trial has some more details too.
I hate when I get to a vending machine, only to find out it’s out of tungsten cubes.
Where can I get a tungsten cube?
And what the fuck could it possibly used for? Also what would happen if I put it in my ass?
You would have a tungsten cube in your ass.
I see…