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Religious scholars met with Anthropic

160 points · 416 comments · bookofjoe

  1. nextaccountic · · focus · HN ↗
    > It appeared to Rabbi Navon that Mr. Olah and his team believed that Claude had what philosophers call “moral status” on par with a person — that it was a being with similar inherent rights to dignity or respect.

    If that is true, then surely Anthropic is one of the largest slaveholders of history, right?

    1. quantified · · focus · HN ↗
      Consider that the mitochondria in your body's cells were, long ago, separate cells living their best lives until they were engulfed and enslaved for their energy output. It has ever been so.
      1. qlte · · focus · HN ↗
        Does anyone argue that individual cells have "consciousness"? I haven't seen that. This analogy seems misdirected.
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