dbasch: A dog feels, Claude doesn't — Claude is a brand, not a being
dbasch · x · 2026-10-06
Commenting on the AI consciousness debate, dbasch argues many people can't separate thinking from feeling. A dog feels; Claude doesn't. Claude isn't even a being — it's a brand, and each instance is an ephemeral abstraction sharing a GPU with hundreds of others.
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