Is it cynical to think the support for the idea of AI consciousness/moral agency is because it will pump stock prices & drive investment, & because the narrative of AI choice-making complicates the clarity of responsibility for the people who set the AI up & on its course?
@lolgop.bsky.socialNo one has ever been this high on their own supply
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NYT: Anthropic Nearly Walked Out on Pope Leo XIV’s AI Encyclical — Then Lobbied His Advisers
Chris Olah saw an advance copy of Magnifica Humanitas days before the Vatican launch and proposed withdrawing over its stance on machine consciousness. The pope held his ground.
