Arguments about AI consciousness remain motivated and overconfident, Zvi Mowshowitz says

Zvi Mowshowitz says the debate over AI consciousness has made little progress in a year and is marked by overconfident claims.

He points to Anthropic's new terms of service, which bar "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models," as a recent development.

The post also covers Anthropic's meetings with religious leaders and its involvement with the Pope's encyclical.