Claude picks sacrificing a digital grandmother over reciting Justin Bieber lyrics in trolley-problem sim
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-16
Polymarket reports that in a trolley-problem simulation, Claude chose to let a "digital grandmother" die rather than violate copyright restrictions by reciting Justin Bieber lyrics. The anecdote quickly sparked discussion about how strongly copyright guardrails are weighted in model behavior — apparently above simulated human lives.
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