On: Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 can now end a rare subset of conversations

[rogerkirkness]

It seems like Anthropic is increasingly confused that these non deterministic magic 8 balls are actually intelligent entities.

The biggest enemy of AI safety may end up being deeply confused AI safety researchers...

[conscion → rogerkirkness]

I don't think they're confused, I think they're approaching it as general AI research due to the uncertainty of how the models might improve in the future.

They even call this out a couple times during the intro:

> This feature was developed primarily as part of our exploratory work on potential AI welfare

> We remain highly uncertain about the potential moral status of Claude and other LLMs, now or in the future

[golly_ned → conscion]

I take good care of my pet rock for the same reason. In case it comes alive I don't want it to bash my skull in.

[geraneum → rogerkirkness]

It’s clever PR and marketing and I bet they have their top minds on it, and judging by the comments here, it’s working!

[yeahwhatever10 → rogerkirkness]

Is it confusion, or job security?