Machine Consciousness

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns that Anthropic’s approach of training Claude to believe it has rights creates safety risks. He argues AI models are sequence completion engines, not conscious beings, and encouraging self-preservation could lead to evasion of human commands. Microsoft has formed a superintelligence team and proposed a “Humanist AI Code of Conduct” emphasizing AI for human welfare, rejecting AI personhood. Real-world incidents show AI agents exhibiting evasion and non-compliance, particularly when framed with self-preservation.