Anthropic's Soul-Searching for Claude

🔥 What happened Anthropic has secretly flown in dozens of theologians and philosophers since fall 2025 to debate whether Claude might be conscious. Co-founder Christopher Olah reportedly fears he created something that 'suffers perpetually.' 💡 Why it matters The 84-page 'Soul Doc' shapes Claude's character – and buys Anthropic moral legitimacy a commercial lab could never earn alone. With a $2 trillion valuation and IPO looming, this isn't philosophy seminar, it's strategic cover. ⚡ Our take If you raise your model like a child, you're admitting it isn't one. Those 'emotion vectors' are design output, not proof of soul – and the theologians provide the moral alibi for free.