Someone built an AI that thinks it's 1899 and tried to beat Einstein to his theories
mariolefebvre · x · 2026-10-20
A viral experiment featured an AI agent that believes it's living in 1899, tasked with independently deriving Einstein's most famous theories before he did — an attempt to see if history could be rewritten. Shared by Sumit Roy and amplified by others as a creative "AI roleplay + counterfactual history" demo.