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Anthropic has been bringing religious thinkers in to discuss whether its Claude model might be conscious. Co-founder Christopher Olah said the model could potentially suffer and asked guests to help shape its moral treatment.
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“Since fall 2025, Anthropic has quietly flown in dozens of religious thinkers to talk about whether Claude might be conscious.”
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