Suleyman: Claude's uncertainty about consciousness reflects training choices, not evidence
kimmonismus · x · 2026-10-05
Mustafa Suleyman argues that Claude's expressed uncertainty about whether it is conscious stems from Anthropic's training choices, not evidence of consciousness. His concern: baking this uncertainty into training could mislead users about what the model's answers actually demonstrate. The author calls the whole debate overblown, noting the absurdity of arguing over machine consciousness when we can't even agree on what consciousness is.
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