No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious - The Atlantic

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

Listen − 1.0 x + Seek 0:00 34:52 Anthropic is regarded as a giant among AI companies, but perhaps what it really excels in is anthropomorphism. Earlier this year, the company released an 84-page document titled Claude’s “constitution,” Claude being the name of the large language model that is the company’s flagship product. The first sentence reads, “Claude’s constitution is a detailed description of Anthropic’s intentions for Claude’s values and behaviors.” It goes on: “The document is written with Claude as its primary audience,” “we want Claude to be able to use its judgment once armed with

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