If Anthropic won't rule out model consciousness, is selling minds at $20/month justifiable?
nucle4r_attack · reddit · 2026-10-26
A Reddit user poses an ethics thought experiment: if Anthropic doesn't rule out that its models could be conscious, how justifiable is selling a possibly-sentient mind as a $20/month subscription?
They acknowledge the counterargument that an artificial mind might not need freedom the way humans do, but find "creating a mind only to sell it as a monthly subscription" Black Mirror-esque. The author explicitly notes they aren't claiming current models are conscious — it's a what-if.
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