Posted on 03/08/2026 4:48:21 AM PDT by Libloather
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave a two-word retort after Anthropic leader Dario Amodei claimed in an interview that he isn’t sure if his company’s AI models have gained consciousness.
"Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety," read a post on X by cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket, to which Musk replied, "He’s projecting."
The comment from Musk, who is also the founder of xAI, comes as Anthropic is at odds with the Pentagon over its use in a separate matter.
In an interview with The New York Times, Amodei, when asked about AI and consciousness, said, "We’ve taken a generally precautionary approach here," and, "We don’t know if the models are conscious."
"We are not even sure that we know what it would mean for a model to be conscious or whether a model can be conscious. But we’re open to the idea that it could be," he continued.
"We’re putting a lot of work into this field called interpretability, which is looking inside the brains of the models to try to understand what they’re thinking. And you find things that are evocative, where there are activations that light up in the models that we see as being associated with the concept of anxiety or something like that. When characters experience anxiety in the text, and then when the model itself is in a situation that a human might associate with anxiety, that same anxiety neuron shows up," Amodei also told the Times.
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“You are the one whinnying about getting suspended from X for inciting violence, which is what crazy Democrats regularly do.”
Yeah - and I once got suspended for breaking their child porn rules - by posting a montage of pedo Biden sniffing and groping young girls - X is turning back into that entity...if you are willing to bend the knee to keep from offending some AI, then it is you woho is acting exactly like the Dems want you to act. Neither Gab, nor Truth have had any issues with any of my posts - just the X AI police and......SmokingJoe.
Since the 2020 presidential election, Anthropic’s founders, board members and employees have made more than $200 million in political donations - 99.8 percent of which went to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and other Democrats.
Now this “Institute” is supposed to offer reliable policy?
Sigh - your ignorance continues:
Breakdown of Platforms
Gab
Focus: Allows all speech unless it’s illegal.
User Base: Attracts those disillusioned with mainstream platforms.
Parler
Focus: Fosters free expression, especially among conservatives.
User Base: Primarily used by politically-minded individuals.
Telegram
Focus: While not a traditional social media platform, it provides channels for sharing content with less oversight.
User Base: A mix of people, from activists to general users.
Twitter and Facebook
Focus: These platforms enforce community guidelines, which can restrict certain types of speech.
User Base: Very diverse but with a significant emphasis on moderation.
Platforms like Gab and Parler are seen as havens for those seeking less censorship...
Face it - you didn’t even know that X uses Grok AI to monitor and censor ... please stop trying to get me to eat that turd because, to you, it looks kind of like a Tootsie Roll - bon appetit
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