The Claude Delusion: Richard Dawkins believes his AI chatbot is conscious
THE SO WHAT
Once mainstream public intellectuals start attributing consciousness to chatbots, your comms and product teams are now in the philosophy business whether you like it or not. Treat this as a governance problem — you need a clear stance on what your systems are and are not, before users and the press write one for you.
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