Religious scholars met with Anthropic

What commenters are saying

Commenters criticized the New York Times article for relaying Anthropic's views uncritically and lacking discussion of consciousness definitions. Many rejected the idea that LLMs could possess morality, pain, or sentience, arguing they merely simulate human responses. A few noted that claiming AI consciousness has shifted from fringe to a mainstream opinion in five months, while others dismissed Anthropic's views as newsworthy merely because they are a large company. Some highlighted historical parallels where absence of evidence was used to deny pain in lobsters, babies, and marginalized groups.