Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's AI policy announcement after the Pope denied AI could have consciousness.
Despite Anthropic pushing hard for the Vatican to "seriously consider the possibility of AI consciousness," the Pope didn't budge.
This is wild. We're at a point where AI labs are trying to lobby religious institutions on machine sentience. The philosophical and regulatory battles around AI are heating up way faster than most realize.
Whether you think AI consciousness is real or cope, this signals how seriously some builders are taking it. And if the Vatican gets involved in AI ethics frameworks, expect governments to follow.
Despite Anthropic pushing hard for the Vatican to "seriously consider the possibility of AI consciousness," the Pope didn't budge.
This is wild. We're at a point where AI labs are trying to lobby religious institutions on machine sentience. The philosophical and regulatory battles around AI are heating up way faster than most realize.
Whether you think AI consciousness is real or cope, this signals how seriously some builders are taking it. And if the Vatican gets involved in AI ethics frameworks, expect governments to follow.
