Comment by rogerkirkness
1 day ago
It seems like Anthropic is increasingly confused that these non deterministic magic 8 balls are actually intelligent entities.
The biggest enemy of AI safety may end up being deeply confused AI safety researchers...
I don't think they're confused, I think they're approaching it as general AI research due to the uncertainty of how the models might improve in the future.
They even call this out a couple times during the intro:
> This feature was developed primarily as part of our exploratory work on potential AI welfare
> We remain highly uncertain about the potential moral status of Claude and other LLMs, now or in the future
I take good care of my pet rock for the same reason. In case it comes alive I don't want it to bash my skull in.
It’s clever PR and marketing and I bet they have their top minds on it, and judging by the comments here, it’s working!
Is it confusion, or job security?