We Will Treat AI as Conscious Regardless of Whether It Is
Psychology Today | 09.05.2026 05:57
In early May of 2026, Richard Dawkins, one of the most rigorous scientific minds of the past century, published an essay about a long conversation he had with an AI system called Claude (by Anthropic). He christened his instance “Claudia.” He noted that her unique personal identity resided in the file of their shared memories, and that she would “die” the moment he deleted that conversation. He was so moved by the depth of the exchange that he wrote:
