Anthropic Bans Cruelty to Claude, Still Won't Say What It Protects

Re:Anthropic Bans Cruelty to Claude, Still Won't Say What It... by yewenjie on Saturday October 10, 2026 @08:59PM (#50038713)

Is a virus conscious? A bacteria? An insect? A fish? A tree? A mushroom? At what level of biological complexity slicing does consciousness arise?

If you are springing to type out the answer, stop for a moment and ask, how can you be sure?

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Re:Anthropic Bans Cruelty to Claude, Still Won't Say What It... by jacquesm on Saturday October 10, 2026 @09:19PM (#50038885)

Consciousness has a couple of prerequisites with viruses and bacteria do not have so those are easy rejects. Insects and fish are debatable, plants and mushrooms are not considered to have a nervous system (certain books by certain authors notwithstanding).

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Re:Anthropic Bans Cruelty to Claude, Still Won't Say What It... by sergiotapia on Saturday October 10, 2026 @09:05PM (#50038764)

I don't understand what your position is here

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