Is Anthropic’s reasoning about AI consciousness circular?

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”.… Show more

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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.”… Show more