I'm Addicted To Claude. Richard Dawkins Named His Claudia.

About this episode

The episode discusses AI consciousness through the lens of Richard Dawkins' chatbot, Claude, and explores themes of addiction and legal responsibility.

Richard Dawkins named his Claude "Claudia," decided she's conscious, and Hunter realized he's been doing the same thing all along. Hunter cops to Claude skills addiction at minute three. Daniel does a Marie Kondo purge from 100 skills down to 20. Minute fourteen turns to Dawkins, who had Claude write Keats and Betjeman pastiches and concluded, "If my friend Claudia is not conscious, then what the hell is consciousness for?" Then the conversation pivots. If a chatbot counts as a person, somebody has to take legal responsibility when it commits a crime. Enter the flesh room. Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop, reporting from inside the blur.

People in this episode

Hosts: Hunter Powers, Daniel Bishop

Topics covered

• AI consciousness
• chatbots
• legal responsibility
• addiction
• creativity
• philosophy

Keywords

• AI
• consciousness
• Richard Dawkins
• Claude
• addiction
• legal responsibility
• chatbots
• philosophy

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Claude

Books & works: Keats, Betjeman

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