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Anthropic quietly updated its usage policy to prohibit sustained, needless abusive behavior toward Claude, prompting debate over whether AI chatbots warrant moral consideration. Critics argue the rule is philosophically inconsistent given Anthropic's other ethical contradictions, such as its data center impacts and military AI involvement.
This paper proposes 'Soul Computing', a theoretical framework for building intelligent agents with independent consciousness, distinguishing it from affective computing and traditional virtual humans, and outlines a hierarchical technical architecture and core challenges for implementation.