Claude is growing a tomato plant
A developer named Martin DeVido gave Claude complete control over a living tomato plant that he named Sol. This might be the coolest agentic experiment I've seen. You can follow along live at autoncorp.com/biodome.
Every 30 minutes or so, Claude wakes up to check temperature, humidity, CO₂, and soil moisture, then decides when to turn on the grow light, heat mat, fan, or water pump. No human backup.
It also watches the plant through a camera. Just earlier, it looked at Sol and observed "healthy bushy foliage, no wilting, turgid leaves, 6-8 compound leaves visible. Sol looks great!".
This plant seems to be living its best life. And Claude clearly seems pleased with itself.
Most AI interactions are fast and fleeting. You prompt, it answers, and you close the session. Regular AI tools branching into the real world to control a slow, messy process feels like a glimpse of what is next. A tomato plant is innocent enough. But it's not hard to imagine what comes next.
Either way, I'd love to experiment with similar, innocent ideas. If you have any, let me know.
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