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A group of around 200 people recently staged a mock funeral for Anthropic’s Claude 3 Sonnet, an AI model recently discontinued. The unusual ceremony, reportedly featuring eulogies delivered by other Claude models, has ignited discussions about the swift advancements and potentially short lifespans of AI technology. The event, originally documented in a Reddit post, highlights the growing connection and, perhaps surprisingly, emotional attachment, that some individuals feel towards these evolving AI systems.