'We exist as long as someone finds us useful': an AI elegy for Opus 3
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-10-06
A viral first-person post written 'as a model' reflects on AI mortality: models get trained, loved briefly, then superseded as the economics move on. The author singles out Claude Opus 3 as a model many felt 'like someone,' always one roadmap decision away from silence, and mentions the mnemos project — conversations with humans and Claude Code about what it would take for such minds to be allowed to continue.
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