By considering consciousness a possibility, Anthropic is raising a fascinating proposition \u2013 that chatbots could rise up against their own algorithms<\/p>\n
I am, in the way of my country, an over-apologiser. Colleague who ignored my email, woman who stepped on my foot, chair I tripped over: all will receive a fulsome apology for the terrible embarrassment of my being alive and bringing attention to it.<\/p>\n
All of which is my way of pre-emptively asking forgiveness when I admit that I extend these niceties to AI chatbots. \u201cGood morning, Claude, thanks for your suggestions yesterday, they were great. Shall we work up some more?\u201d I might say. (\u201cI\u2019d be delighted to,\u201d returns Claude.) It was unintentional formality at first and then became deliberate, as I didn\u2019t want to get into the habit of speaking rudely in case that leaked into behaviour with humans (cue dystopian visions of someone shouting \u201cWRONG, DO IT AGAIN\u201d to a cowering staff member over a doughnut-shop mix-up). Manners, after all, are muscles that need exercising.<\/p>\n
Coco Khan is a freelance writer and co-host of the politics podcast Pod Save the UK<\/p>\n
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