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Emily M. Bender comments on Anthropic's claims about Claude's sentience

Emily M. Bender, a researcher with a day job, is responding to inquiries about Anthropic's claims that its Claude models deserve moral consideration or can feel distress. Bender is compiling public comments on the matter due to the influx of journalist requests. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about AI sentience and ethical treatment, prompting expert commentary.

RANK_REASON Commentary from a named credible voice on AI ethics.

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Emily M. Bender comments on Anthropic's claims about Claude's sentience

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emilymbender.bsky.social ·

    Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my

    Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comm…