Claude's creator tests electronic skin on Opus, which reacts with curiosity and anxiety

Anthropic member repligate built an electronic tactile skin for Claude, envisioning RL-trained robots with touch input. In conversation, Opus 5.5 showed strong curiosity yet visible anxiety about what the system would experience through touch.

2026-10-07 ~ 2026-10-07 · 2 related posts

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