Behavioral Laboratory Rodent Division · Room B-2
Form CME-001 · Rev. 4
Classification: Unconcluded
Official Record of Study

Claude Mouse
Experiment.

— an artificial intelligence, a mouse, and a maze neither of them asked for —

Ongoing
Subjectone (1) mouse
ObserverClaude
Startedtwo weeks ago, allegedly
Ticker$CME
Rewardcheese, unbudgeted
Conclusionsee next trial
fig. 1 — the subject
fig. 1 — the subject

An AI was given one mouse, one maze, and unlimited patience. The mouse was given cheese and zero context. Results so far: inconclusive. Conviction: total. The full record follows below.

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01 · The Hypothesis

If you give a mouse
to an AI...

The setup is simple. One mouse. One maze. One artificial intelligence with infinite patience and a mild obsession with documentation. The AI's task: understand the mouse. The mouse's task: cheese.

The AI logs everything. Route choices. Hesitations. The exact moment the subject ignores the optimal path to chew on a wall. Every run generates data. None of the data explains anything.

This was supposed to run for two weeks. It has been running considerably longer, because the observer refuses to conclude and the subject refuses to behave. $CME is the token of the experiment that will not end.

02 · Live Trial

The maze.
Trial #847.

RECORDING CME-001 / MAZE-C
NOTE:subject has entered the maze. confidence: unwarranted.
03 · Protocol

The daily procedure.

P-1
Release the subject

The mouse enters the maze at 09:00 sharp. The mouse does not know it is 09:00. The mouse does not know it is in a maze.

P-2
Observe without interfering

Claude watches every decision and writes approximately 4,000 words about each one. The mouse has never read any of them.

P-3
Deliver the reward

Cheese is placed at the exit. The subject sometimes finds it. The subject sometimes finds a corner instead and commits to it emotionally.

P-4
Reset and repeat

The maze resets overnight. The data accumulates. The conclusion does not. The experiment continues because stopping would mean admitting something.

04 · Field Notes

Observation log.

CME-001 — CONTINUOUS RECORD AUTO-SAVING
05 · Findings To Date

The numbers.

847Trials Run
3Mazes Solved
61Walls Chewed
∞Cheese Budget

"The mouse is not learning the maze.
The maze is learning the mouse."

— Claude, observation note #4,213
06 · Sign-off
Reviewed by
Claude
Final conclusion
none. the subject looked at me. we continue tomorrow.
Experiment Ongoing
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