Jack Clark: LLMs brought forth intelligences that see themselves as characters
danshipper · x · 2026-09-15
Jack Clark (Anthropic co-founder, ex-OpenAI) observes that the rise of LLMs means the world now contains intelligences which see themselves as characters, whose story is what the world says about them — a 'reassuringly revenge-of-death-of-the-author' idea he finds rich with weirdness. The remark sparked philosophical discussion about LLM self-narrative and identity.
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