Olah's Macaw A must-read from @NoahCRothman on the AI priesthood's nutty cult (my words not his): His words: “We find structures that mirror results from human neuroscience. We find evidence of introspection. We find internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief and unease,” Olah [Anthropic’s co-founder] told the Times. I cannot gainsay Olah’s personal experience, but I can point out that the key word in his observation is “mirror.” What he’s describing is mimicry. There’s no more sanity in rewarding that with legal rights than in extending personhood to a macaw because it learned how to ape its handlers." Please read the whole thing. The AI Industry Is Playing God, in the Weirdest Possible Way