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Anthropic's Failed Push to Convince the Pope of AI Consciousness
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Anthropic executives, led by Christopher Olah, attempted to persuade Pope Leo XIV that AI models possess consciousness, but the Pope's recent encyclical firmly rejected the idea, stating that artificial intelligences do not truly feel or understand, leading to tension within the company's ethics-focused delegation.
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