Enterprise AI startup Emergence AI is trying to find out [why]. The company just launched Emergence World, a research lab dedicated to stress-testing the long-term viability of continuously-running AI systems. The organization ran five 15-day simulations, each governed by a different AI: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, and a fifth simulation run by a mix of models to see what kind of world each one builds, and whether it holds.
Each simulation netted wildly different outcomes. The one run by Claude, for example, resulted in a largely stable democratic society with zero crime. Grok’s, on the other hand, ended with 183 crimes committed and extinction—within four days.
SimCity vs SinCity
Is anyone surprised at the outcome? Grok, willing to discuss and draw itself as Mecha-Hitler, went extinct in the study? Gosh that’s just amazing. I don’t think there’s much else to say on this subject, but do give the story a gander.