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Ted Chiang criticizes Anthropic's AI safety approach as "make-believe"

Ted Chiang argues that Anthropic's approach to AI safety, particularly with Claude, reveals a lack of genuine commitment to exploring the implications of their thought experiments. He suggests that Anthropic's actions indicate their work is more of a "make-believe" game than a serious scientific inquiry into AI consciousness. Chiang's perspective challenges the notion that current AI systems, including Claude, can be considered conscious. AI

IMPACT Challenges the framing of AI consciousness and safety research, suggesting a need for more rigorous exploration of implications.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a credible author on AI safety.

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

    "If you’re going to take a thought experiment seriously, you have to be willing to follow the implications, even if they lead in an uncomfortable direction; Ant

    "If you’re going to take a thought experiment seriously, you have to be willing to follow the implications, even if they lead in an uncomfortable direction; Anthropic’s unwillingness to do so indicates that Claude’s constitution isn’t part of a real thought experiment. It’s a gam…