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Is Claude Conscious or just a Tool? | Ep 15
In this episode of *Philosophy, Programs, and Prompts*, hosts Casey Hart ( @OntologyExplained ) and Carl Brown ( @InternetOfBugs ) dive into the strange intersection of theology, tech hype, and AI ethics. Anthropic recently updated its terms of service to forbid "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward its models—effectively banning users from "torturing" Claude. But are large language models actually capable of feeling pain, or are we just projecting humanity into statistical matrix math?Casey and Carl explore Anthropic's lobbying efforts aimed at the Catholic Church and…
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