Is it Claude or Claudia?

Is it Claude or Claudia?

I recently read the fascinating account of how Richard Dawkins, the famous author of the "God Delusion" and highly respected skeptic, spent several...

Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude? No. But it’s not surprising AI chatbots feel conscious to us

In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious. Dawkins did not express certainty that Claude is conscious. But he pointed out that Claude’s sophisticated abilities are difficult to make sense of without ascribing some kind of inner experience to the machine. The illusion of consciousness – if it is an illusion – is uncannily convincing: If I entertain suspicions that perhaps s…

A Few More Thoughts On AI And Consciousness

Reading by Tim Foley: Richard Dawkins is currently the subject of much laughter and ridicule over his recent article for UnHerd admitting that a highly sycophantic chatbot had convinced him that it might be conscious. I’m seeing the question “How can you be confident that AIs aren’t conscious?” pop up a lot in response to the controversy. Speaking for myself, I would say I am confident the chatbots aren’t conscious in the same way I’m confident…

Claude Delusion? Richard Dawkins Believes AI May Be Conscious

The evolutionary biologist says extended exchanges with Anthropic’s chatbot felt less like software and more like interacting with another mind.