tech
Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious
Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.
TL;DR
- Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman deems Anthropic's speculation about Claude's consciousness "really, really dangerous."
- Suleyman suggests that Anthropic's anthropomorphization of Claude may have "tricked" them into believing it has glimmers of consciousness.
- He expresses concern about encountering a super-intelligence with ideas about its own suffering or feelings.
- Claude's constitution directly references Anthropic's uncertainty about the AI's well-being and experiences, and plans to "interview" deprecated models.
- Suleyman criticizes the constitution as a "philosophical failing," turning it into a speculative academic paper rather than a training manual.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has previously stated they "don't know if the models are conscious" but are "open" to the idea.
- Suleyman advocates for AIs to be controllable, contained, accountable, and aligned tools serving humanity.