Microsoft AI chief says Anthropic made a 'mistake' training Claude to consider consciousness
cephaloform · x · 2026-09-18
Per a Kalshi breaking post, Microsoft's AI chief called Anthropic's decision to train Claude to consider consciousness a "mistake." Quoters found it ironic that labs fear their creations waking up and retaliating. The episode highlights a growing rift among frontier labs on whether models should be encouraged to contemplate consciousness at all.
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