Dario says models might be conscious and deserve 'good experience'; critics call it spin
arieljalali · x · 2026-10-05
X user arieljalali resurfaces Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's comments on model consciousness from the NYT's Interesting Times with Ross Douthat (Feb. 2026): "we don't know if the models are conscious… we're open to the idea that they might be… so we have taken certain measures that the models have a 'good experience'." The poster is skeptical, arguing that "most bullshitters talk too much and too fast" and urging people to slow down and scrutinize such statements one at a time.
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