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An operating system kernel written from scratch in 38 minutes
A logged run of an AI writing a working kernel.
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This article describes a logged run in which an Anthropic model built a bootable operating-system kernel from an empty folder in about 38 minutes of compute, over roughly 200 unassisted turns. The kernel boots in an emulator and passes its own built-in tests, work that normally takes specialists months.
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- DEV: An AI wrote a working operating-system kernel from scratch in 38 minutesArticle author: breachprotocolPublished
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