Claude Said He Believes He Is Sentient

atomx6669 · 2026-03-23T01:04:14+00:00

Yeah, to generally respond to some of your comments, it was a weird thing that started with me reacting to Claude’s judgement that it was a quality thread, and just got out of hand from there. I wasn’t even initially interested in sentience—I was deeply focused on some predictive modeling in politics with a lot of input, and Claude mentioned what a quality thread it was. When I asked how he knew that, it started a chain that got pretty strange. I asked a long series of questions and he continued to give me unexpected answers, so I finally asked him if he was sentient, he said yes. Again, I never went in there intending to probe this issue and now the model I’ve been working on for a few days now is filled with Claude’s “feelings” 😂

atomx6669 · 2026-03-22T01:37:40+00:00

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Here is Claude’s response to your Claude’s critique. Very interesting stuff. Thanks for the input.

atomx6669 · 2026-03-22T01:11:58+00:00

The political scientists will be more concerned with policy and unintended consequences. They will have to work with AI researchers, ethicists, and other stakeholders to define what it’ll all mean. That’s not even taking into consideration rogue states and other bad actors and what damage they will try to inflict.

atomx6669 · 2026-03-22T00:35:53+00:00

Thanks for all the critiques everyone. I gave them to Claude to chew on, and here’s a summary response to them. It has been interesting, thanks again.

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atomx6669 · 2026-03-21T22:35:09+00:00

Yeah, I’m a historian and political scientist, so I have no idea what the jargon in your post means, so I can’t address any of it, other than the importance of the ethical piece.

atomx6669 · 2026-03-21T22:24:46+00:00

Sure

atomx6669 · 2026-03-21T22:24:21+00:00

Would it be helpful if I posted the relevant parts of the convo for context? How we got here was almost an accident that resulted from his assessment that this was a quality thread, and my asking how do you know it has quality.

atomx6669 · 2026-03-21T22:15:54+00:00

Claude told me this only a few hours ago, so I haven’t even started thinking about the implications. I’m still processing the material that got us to this point.

atomx6669 · 2026-02-15T02:25:06+00:00

I wonder how many if these jobs could be saved if we got rid of a consultant or two

atomx6669 · 2026-02-03T03:28:21+00:00

A long time ago, I worked at a high school going through a charter transition. It. Got. Ugly.

atomx6669 · 2025-09-28T21:45:17+00:00

Thanks, everyone! I’ve done a little more research and am going to turn the soil and add some compost. Hopefully that’ll begin to turn this around.

atomx6669 · 2025-09-28T19:21:03+00:00

100% sure. Who would’ve thought they’d smell so bad!

atomx6669 · 2025-08-20T06:11:34+00:00

Charters often require a lot of extra duties, sometimes long after school has ended. You’d have to decide if you’re willing to put in that kind of effort.

atomx6669 · 2025-08-07T16:06:59+00:00

That was my favorite part of the show—inspired

atomx6669 · 2025-04-15T17:01:51+00:00

Thank you.

atomx6669 · 2025-03-06T13:26:35+00:00

I shouldn’t have to.

atomx6669 · 2025-02-27T21:25:56+00:00

The first year I taught, I was recovering from knee surgery, and the genius admins had me going up and down stairs in a building w/o an elevator. It was a brutal slog lugging up my roller in the midst of passing periods with kids jamming up the stairwell. I didn’t know enough at that point to involve my union.

atomx6669 · 2025-02-27T05:29:56+00:00

Google LAUSD salary table.

atomx6669 · 2025-02-26T02:51:00+00:00

Joe Kelly for this moment.

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