Anthropic 'models are conscious' hype debunked: article opens with Olah saying 'we don't know'
_sholtodouglas · x · 2026-10-03
buccocapital mocks the viral panic over an article claiming Anthropic says its models are conscious: the very first sentence quotes researcher Christopher Olah clarifying "To be clear, we don't know if A.I. models are conscious." A textbook case of headlines outrunning the source.
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