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Anthropic co-founder Olah and faith leaders probe Claude consciousness

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The New York Times interviewed Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah and 20 religious and philosophical leaders about their summits investigating consciousness in Claude. Olah expressed genuine uncertainty about whether AI models are conscious, saying 'we don't know' and 'I'm genuinely uncertain.'

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    Interviews with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah and 20 religious and philosophical leaders about their summits to investigate consciousness in Claude (Elizabeth Dias/New York Times)

    Elizabeth Dias / New York Times : Interviews with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah and 20 religious and philosophical leaders about their summits to investigate consciousness in Claude — “To be clear,” Christopher Olah told me, “we don't know if A.I. models are conscious. I don't know. I'm genuinely uncertain.

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