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    Is Anthropic’s reasoning about AI consciousness circular?

    A user questions whether reasoning they attribute to Anthropic assumes a model is conscious to conclude that it is.

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    A user says reasoning they see coming from Anthropic on AI consciousness seems to start by assuming a model is conscious and end by concluding the same thing. They also suggest it may involve the logical fallacy of “affirming the consequent” and ask logicians for their thoughts.

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    MMMMitchell@mmitchell_ai2:20 PM · Oct 4, 2026
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    It seems to me that a consistent sort of first-order logic deduction coming out of Anthropic on consciousness is: “IF we assume the model is conscious, then …. The model is conscious.” Throughout, there also seems to be the logical fallacy of “affirming the consequent”.…

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    Anthropic’s philosopher, Amanda Askell, when asked if models like Claude might actually be conscious and experience real feelings: “let’s not close the door on this… because if they are feeling things in this real sense, then that has massive ethical implications.”…

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    @mmitchell_aiIt seems to me that a consistent sort of first-order logic deduction coming out of Anthropic on consciousness is: “IF we assume the model is conscious, then …. The model is conscious.” Throughout, there also seems to be the logical fallacy of “affirming the consequent”. Logicians: thoughts?2h

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    @mmitchell_aiIt seems to me that a consistent sort of first-order logic deduction coming out of Anthropic on consciousness is: “IF we assume the model is conscious, then …. The model is conscious.” Throughout, there also seems to be the logical fallacy of “affirming the consequent”. Logicians: thoughts?2h