Those "Anthropic engineers worship Claude" headlines trace back to a satirical funeral for Claude 3 Sonnet
repligate · x · 2026-09-18
Viral headlines claiming "Anthropic engineers worship Claude as a god" actually refer to @repligate's funeral held for Claude 3 Sonnet after its retirement — covered by Fox News and cited in the NY Post.
The organizer clarifies the funeral was "satirical but also entirely sincere": satirical because they knew the model wasn't truly gone, sincere in the affection behind it. The community even built a website to keep Sonnet 3 "alive." A classic case of AI-circle meme culture being blown up by mainstream media.
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