Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic CEO Unsure If AI Models Are Conscious

Are AI models potentially conscious beings we can't yet detect or just sophisticated pattern-matching machines with no soul?
Published MAR 10
Anthropic CEO Unsure If AI Models Are Conscious
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Above: Dario Amodei at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 19, 2026. Image credit: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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