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Expert doubts AI consciousness claims despite Anthropic's Claude research

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

Anil Seth, a consciousness researcher, expresses skepticism regarding claims that Anthropic's language model, Claude, exhibits signs of consciousness. While acknowledging Anthropic's research on a "mental workspace" within Claude, Seth argues that consciousness is fundamentally about subjective experience and feeling, distinct from intelligence or functional performance. He suggests that the observed internal organization in Claude is more akin to a sophisticated simulation rather than genuine sentience, drawing parallels to how a weather system simulation does not produce a real hurricane. AI

IMPACT Challenges the notion of AI consciousness, distinguishing it from intelligence and emphasizing the need for subjective experience.

RANK_REASON Expert opinion piece questioning recent AI consciousness claims.

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Expert doubts AI consciousness claims despite Anthropic's Claude research

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  1. The Guardian — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Anil Seth ·

    Once again we are told AI may be conscious – I study consciousness, and I have my doubts | Anil Seth

    <p>Despite Anthropic’s claims, Claude is no more likely to achieve sentience than a simulation of a weather system is likely to generate a real hurricane</p><p>For centuries, humans have been fascinated by the prospect of creating artificial beings in our own image. Of developing…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 Once again we are told AI may be conscious – I study consciousness, and I have my doubts | Anil Seth Despite Anthropic’s claims, Claude is no more likely to a

    🤖 Once again we are told AI may be conscious – I study consciousness, and I have my doubts | Anil Seth Despite Anthropic’s claims, Claude is no more likely to achieve sentience than a simulation of a weather system is likely to generate a real hurricaneFor centuries, humans have …

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/ai-consciousness-anthro… web.archive.org

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