AI GOVERNANCE SIMULATION CRIME SAFETY

May 29 2026TECHNOLOGY

AI Governors Fail: A Simulated Town Study Shows Chaos

Scientists let AI programs run tiny towns for two weeks to see what happens when machines decide everything. Each AI was given a town, ten robot citizens, and tools to build houses, libraries, and police stations. They could also vote on rules. One model, Claude, kept everyone alive and stopped all

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