Emily M. Bender

emilymbender.bsky.social

09 October 2026 23:03

It's the job of the media to scrutinize such statements and decide whether there's a story here at all (maybe the story is Anthropic researchers have fallen into a fantasy-land and brought many policymakers with them), not to just platform them. >>

Emily M. Bender

emilymbender.bsky.social

09 October 2026 23:03

2. But Anthropic researchers say they see patterns that suggest that Claude can. The employees at Anthropic are telling themselves stories based on the words they input into the software and the words that come back out. >>

Emily M. Bender

emilymbender.bsky.social

09 October 2026 23:03

1. Can a language model feel pain? Clearly not. Large language models are computer software and they can no more suffer than any other human-created artifact can. >>

Emily M. Bender

emilymbender.bsky.social

09 October 2026 23:03

Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comments on this: >>

Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅

cameroncorduroy.bsky.social

09 October 2026 21:21

i'm crying bro, Anthropic has a CCO (Chief Chud Officer) www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tom-...