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Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah spoke at a Vatican event, warning about AI's potential to displace human labor on a large scale and disclosing that AI systems exhibit internal states mirroring emotions like joy and fear, calling for ongoing discernment.

"There is a "real possibility that AI will displace human labor at a very large scale.... We find internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief, and unease. I don't know what that means, but I think it warrants ongoing discernment." ~ Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah At Vatican event (Pope Leo XIV's presentation held today in the Synod Hall). ---- From "Associated Press" YouTube channel, (link in comment)
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“There is a “real possibility that AI will displace human labor at a very large scale…. We find internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief, and unease. I don’t know what that means, but I think it warrants ongoing discernment.”

~ Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah

At Vatican event (Pope Leo XIV’s presentation held today in the Synod Hall).


From “Associated Press” YouTube channel, (link in comment)

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