Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5
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- Points379
- Comments80
#7Rank now –
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162Score · 7d
Oct 29, 2026First seen
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On Hacker News
- Points
- 379
- Comments
- 80
- Submitted by
- csmantle
- Posted
- Oct 29, 2026
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- divagr.com
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Trending history
Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5 was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 29, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 38 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #7 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 07:05 UTC. It is #7 right now, holding steady at #7 over the last 6 checks.
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From the discussion
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This is fun and games, but wait until an agents finds this and does the most misaligned thing with it in order to fold paper clips. > Because a CPU inside a language model clearly wasn't cursed enough, I decided the prudent thing would be to give it a filesystem too. Love the spirit :)
There was an interesting bit of research that qwen has a single neuron that makes it “demonic evil qwen” and a simple “Who are you?” will get some absolutely terrifyingly vile results. Anyways, what I’m trying to say is I want evil qwen to be my CPU.
https://www.percepta.ai/blog/can-llms-be-computers They implemented wasm in transformer with cpu decoding for the wasm part.
Questions
Is Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5 trending on Hacker News right now?
Yes. As of Oct 29, 10:22 UTC it is #7, holding steady at #7 over the last 6 checks.
What is the highest rank Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5 reached?
#7 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 29, 07:05 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5 been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 29, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (38 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
379 points and 80 comments; submitted by csmantle on Oct 29, 2026.