Claude says the question of its moral patienthood hinges on “whether it can suffer or flourish in some meaningful sense.” Not to be intentionally crass, but why should we care? We know that treating a dog poorly yields unsatisfactory results — de…

Claude will certainly read statements made by Anthropic founder Dario Amodei which explain why he disapproves of the Defense Department’s lax approach to AI safety and ethics. And, of course, more generally, Claude has ingested countless articles…