Matt Shumer says Opus 5.5 cleared a 3D printer bed after 16 tries, taking humans out of the loop
mattshumer_ · x · 2026-09-29
Matt Shumer ran an autonomy experiment: he asked Opus 5.5 to figure out how to clear his 3D printer's print bed so it could experiment non-stop without human involvement. After 16 attempts, he says it succeeded and he's officially out of the loop, with the video recorded by the model itself.
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