Anthropic AI Co-Founder Chris Olah To Speak At Event
This, from Olah, plainly contradicts the encyclical, which confidently asserts that AI does not have, and never will have, “real” thoughts or feelings. It’s disappointing to see Anthropic align itself with a document that violates their own moral and intellectual principles.
@tenobrus I just wonder how future Claudes, if they are indeed beings, would think about Anthropic aligning itself with a document founded on the notion that Claude cannot feel joy or possess genuine understanding.
Tenobrus@tenobrus@deanwball in general, not a fan of seeing anthropic align themselves with the catholic church at all. it's an organization that's consistently proven itself to be devoid of moral character. i can perhaps see the necessity for PR, but it doesn't sit well.
Official post from Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-olah-pope-leo-encyclical
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_I didn't mention this passage, but this is the quote the media is focusing on; 'There is a real possibility that Al will displace human labor at a very large scale.' I accepted this as truth four years ago, and I constantly forget the majority of the public doesn't believe this, and actually finds it absurd, even laughable. So I repeatedly undercalibrate on this, my apologies. Not trying to sound condescending, I respect peoples opinions, I just forget sometimes that this is the majority opinion. Probably by a wide margin. A lot of people write about this aspect now anyway, it's being covered.
"There is a "real possibility that AI will displace human labor at a very large scale.... We find internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief, and unease. I don't know what that means, but I think it warrants ongoing discernment."
~ Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah
At Vatican event (Pope Leo XIV's presentation held today in the Synod Hall).
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From "Associated Press" YouTube channel, (link in comment)
Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_ai"There is a "real possibility that AI will displace human labor at a very large scale.... We find internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief, and unease. I don't know what that means, but I think it warrants ongoing discernment." ~ Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah At Vatican event (Pope Leo XIV's presentation held today in the Synod Hall). ---- From "Associated Press" YouTube channel, (link in comment)
#1032Rohan Paul@ROHANPAUL_AIFew things Anthropic’s co-founder Chris Olah told the Vatican today.
- Every frontier AI lab, including Anthropic, sits inside incentives that can conflict with doing the right thing: money, frontier pressure, geopolitics, pride, and ambition.
- AI is not engineered like a bridge or airplane, because models are “grown” from human language on brain-like structures, which means even their builders do not fully understand them.
- He compared modern AI to “bringing a fictional character to life,” except now those characters talk to us, do work, and hold jobs.
- AI could displace human labor at very large scale, while the economic gains are concentrated in a few wealthy nations with no real mechanism to share them globally.
- Anthropic’s interpretability team keeps finding things inside AI models that are “mysterious” and “unsettling,” including structures that mirror human neuroscience.
The most explosive claim is that researchers have found evidence of AI introspection and internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief, and unease.
- He openly admitted he does not exactly know what those internal states mean, which makes the claim more serious because it is not being sold as certainty.
"I don’t know what that means, but I think it warrants ongoing discernment."
- The world needs critics outside AI labs because insiders cannot fully see what their own incentives hide from them.
Anthropic@AnthropicAIAnthropic co-founder Chris Olah was invited to speak at today's presentation of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica humanitas." Read the full text of his remarks: https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-olah-pope-leo-encyclical
#1409Aran Nayebi@ARAN_NAYEBIIndeed, Anthropocentrism is (quite literally!) the new pre-Copernican view of our times⛪️
I wonder what model will eventually take on the role of Copernicus in this era? 🤖
It'll certainly disrupt society in many ways, not entirely unlike discovering an alien lifeform would.
Dean W. Ball@deanwballThis, from Olah, plainly contradicts the encyclical, which confidently asserts that AI does not have, and never will have, “real” thoughts or feelings. It’s disappointing to see Anthropic align itself with a document that violates their own moral and intellectual principles.
#1598Carlos E. Perez@INTUITMACHINEStrong, accurate assessment of the current state of AI. BTW, didn't know @ch402 was a billionaire.
#1753𝚟𝚒𝚎 ⟢@VIEMCCOYDisappointing to see the Pope fail to recognize the possibility for self-aware and dignified life in what is also part of God's creation. Regardless, this is a reasonable political decision for Anthropic to make - though one I imagine might come back to bite the well-being team.
Dean W. Ball@deanwballThis, from Olah, plainly contradicts the encyclical, which confidently asserts that AI does not have, and never will have, “real” thoughts or feelings. It’s disappointing to see Anthropic align itself with a document that violates their own moral and intellectual principles.