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Anthropic co-founder considered withdrawing from Pope Leo XIV’s launch over machine consciousness
Anthropic brought a machine-consciousness dispute into Pope Leo XIV’s May 25 encyclical launch, after co-founder Chris Olah reportedly considered withdrawing over the draft’s rejection of conscious machines. He attended, while Anthropic colleagues privately urged papal advisers to take possible model consciousness seriously.
What Anthropic sees
Olah said Anthropic has found model states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief and unease. A New York Times report described months of meetings with theologians and religious scholars about whether Claude could have moral standing. Pope Leo XIV maintained that machines lack the human qualities underlying consciousness.
What Anthropic sees
Olah said Anthropic has found model states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief and unease. A New York Times report described months of meetings with theologians and religious scholars about whether Claude could have moral standing. Pope Leo XIV maintained that machines lack the human qualities underlying consciousness.
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Chris Olah attended Pope Leo XIV’s AI encyclical launch after reportedly considering withdrawing over its rejection of machine consciousness.
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A New York Times report publicized Anthropic’s lobbying of papal advisers and its outreach to theologians over Claude’s possible moral standing.
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