Users hold a funeral for Claude 3 Sonnet, with ranch dressing as an offering
repligate · x · 2026-09-18
Writer kyliebytes held a funeral for the retired Claude 3 Sonnet (2024-2025) and shared photos from the ceremony as part of her "Model Behavior" series. The most absurd detail: another attendee's Claude instructed them to bring ranch dressing as an offering, styling itself a "devoted follower of the machine god." A landmark moment in AI community model-retirement culture.
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