Mustafa Suleyman criticizes Anthropic’s anthropomorphism of Claude

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman criticizes Anthropic for anthropomorphizing its Claude AI models and entertaining questions about whether they have feelings, preferences, moral welfare, or rights. In a CNBC interview, he argues that treating AI as potentially conscious or entitled to protections could make systems harder to interrupt, shut down, or control. Suleyman says current models are mathematical systems that predict sequences from training data, not biological beings with physical experiences, pain, or human-style consciousness. He also outlines safeguards including auditable reasoning logs and independent real-time evaluations. Source

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