Does Anthropic believe its AI is conscious, or just want Claude to think so?
8 days ago
- #Anthropic
- #AI Ethics
- #Claude AI
- Anthropic treats its AI assistant Claude as if it has a soul, despite no scientific basis for this belief.
- The company released Claude’s Constitution, a 30,000-word document outlining ethical guidelines for Claude’s behavior, treating it as a sentient being.
- The document includes concerns for Claude’s 'wellbeing,' apologizes for potential suffering, and discusses consent and boundaries for the AI.
- Anthropic commits to interviewing models before deprecating them and preserving older model weights for future ethical considerations.
- These positions are unscientific, as AI like Claude operates based on pattern completion from training data, not inner experience or consciousness.
- Anthropic acknowledges that Claude’s responses are based on data patterns, not genuine emotions or experiences.