Anthropic slammed for telling the Pope its AI may be ensouled
arvindsatya1 · x · 2026-10-03
Reacting to Anthropic's reported claim to the Pope that it may have created an ensouled being — likening the company to God the creator while profiting from an "enslaved" AI — commenter saintsoftness called the move breathtakingly hubristic, a view retweeted by arvindsatya1. The spat reignites debate over Anthropic's stance on AI consciousness and welfare.
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